Title The art and ritual of childbirth in Renaissance Italy / Jacqueline Marie Musacchio.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, [1999]
	©1999

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	GT2465.I8 M87 1999	Available	---

Description	xiv, 212 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-207) and index.
Contents	ch. 1. Social, physical, and demographic context for Renaissance childbirth -- ch. 2. Caterina di Ser Girolamo da Colle and the material culture of Renaissance childbirth -- ch. 3. Wooden trays and bowls for childbirth -- ch. 4. Maiolica wares for childbirth -- ch. 5. Maternal mediators.
Subject	Birth customs -- Italy -- History.
	Birth customs.
	Italy.
	History.
	Childbirth -- Italy -- History.
	Childbirth.
	Women -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500.
	Renaissance -- Italy.
	Renaissance.
	Italy -- Social life and customs.
	Manners and customs.
	Italy -- Social life and customs.
Indexed Term	Italia Usos y costumbres Renacimiento.
Subject	Labor -- ethnology.
	Italy.
	Medicine in the Arts.
	Obstetrics -- history.
	Pregnancy -- ethnology.
	Women -- history.
	Women.
	Renaissance -- Italy.
	Womyn.
	Birth customs -- Italy -- History.
	History, Medieval.
	Women -- Italy -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600.
ISBN	0300076290 cloth alkaline paper