Pregnancy: Privileges and Protection in the Spanish Golden Age

Autor(en)
Nina Kremmel
Abstrakt

Maternity protection in the Spanish Golden Age is a subject that has been only scarcely studied in this context. The objective is to find out to which extent pregnant women were considered worthy of protection, a concern that includes the closely tied aspects of body, imagination, and surrounding conditions. Matters regarding food, fasting, the «free» choice of the birthplace, and the midwife are presented by quoting a medical treatise from 1606 by Ruices de Fontecha, but also legal texts and specific illustrative cases of diverse social classes. Also, some proposed hypotheses might elucidate why the author insists on the extraordinary idea of privileges.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Romanistik
Journal
Hipogrifo
Band
6
Seiten
467-481
Anzahl der Seiten
15
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13035/H.2018.06.01.33
Publikationsdatum
06-2018
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
602042 Romanistik, 605002 Kulturgeschichte
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Cultural Studies, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, History, Literature and Literary Theory
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/pregnancy-privileges-and-protection-in-the-spanish-golden-age(fc0e982f-6636-41a3-ad41-5b50fec84123).html