This book is a comprehensive and detailed study of early modern
midwives in seventeenth-century London. Until quite recently,
midwives, as a group, have been dismissed by historians as being
inadequately educated and trained for the task of child delivery.
The Midwives of Seventeenth-Century London rejects these claims by
exploring the midwives' training and their licensing in an
unofficial apprenticeship by the Church. Dr Evenden also offers an
accurate depiction of the midwives in their socioeconomic context
by examining a wide range of seventeenth-century sources. This
expansive study not only recovers the names of almost one thousand
women who worked as midwives in the twelve London parishes, but
also brings to light details about their spouses, their families
and their associates.
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