Not of Woman Born Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture

"Not of woman born, the Fortunate, the Unborn"-the terms designating those born by Caesarean section in medieval and Renaissance Europe were mysterious and ambiguous. Examining representations of Caesarean birth in legend and art and tracing its history in medical writing, Renate Blumenfel...

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Main Author: Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Renate (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 1991
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