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Reproduction and childbirth in the early modern era have sometimes been represented as a
uniquely feminine experience. Similarly, studies of domestic medicine have in the past overlooked
the role that men played in domestic health care practices. This article builds on recent work that
resituates men within both of these discourses by considering the ways in which men understood,
discussed, and responded to the threat and occurrence of miscarriage in the women they knew. It
considers a range of medical literature, spiritual diaries, and letters to illustrate that men were a
central feature of many women’s experiences of miscarriage.
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JOURNAL OF FAMILY HISTORYVolume
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3 - 23 (21)Citation
EVANS, J. and READ, S., 2015. "before midnight she had miscarried'': women, men, and miscarriage in early modern England. Journal of Family History, 40 (1), pp. 3 - 23.Publisher
Sage Publications / © The Author(s)Version
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