Mary Morse specializes in medieval women’s devotional and childbirth practices. She is Professor Emerita of English and past director of the Gender and Sexuality Studies program at Rider University.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroductionChapter 1: Philadelphia, Redemptorist Archives, olim EsopusChapter 2: London, British Library, Harley Charter 43.A14Chapter 3: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Takamiya Depository, Takamiya MS 56Chapter 4: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 410Chapter 5: New York, Morgan Library & Museum, Glazier MS 39Chapter 6: London, British Library, Additional MS 88929 (Prince Henry's roll)Chapter 7: London, British Library, Harley Roll T.11Chapter 8: London, Wellcome Collection, Wellcome MS 632Chapter 9: London, British Library, STC 14547.5Conclusion: From Orthodoxy to HeresyAppendix 1: Two Childbirth Units in the Birth GirdlesAppendix 2: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Takamiya Depository, Takamiya MS 56Appendix 3: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 410Appendix 4: London, British Library, STC 14547.5BibliographyIndex