Birthing girdles are thought to have been used in medieval society to protect the wearer during pregnancy and childbirth - dangerous times for women. Childbearing in medieval Europe was a highly ...

(Both die.) “We felt that was an interesting way to explore the fact that for a woman in medieval times, giving birth was violence,” co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik told The Hollywood Reporter ...

The pregnancy and the woman's head trauma may ... A pregnant woman suffering in early Medieval times from high fevers, convulsions, and headaches may very well have been recommended trepanation ...

Medieval women viewed birthing girdles, or long pieces of parchment inscribed with religious invocations and drawings, as protective talismans. Courtesy of the Wellcome Collection Giving birth ...

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