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    STUDIA HISTORIA - Issue no. 1 / 2011  
         
  Article:   WHEN THE TIME IS COMING... CHILDBIRTH IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TRANSYLVANIA.

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  Abstract:  The article examines childbirth in early modern Transylvania. Drawing on a vast range of personal narratives, such as correspondence, diaries, autobiographies and other family papers, the essay shows the diversity in childbirth’ practices and some attitudes regarding early modern midwifery.

Keywords: women’s history, midwifery, social history, early modern Transylvania
 
         
     
         
         
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