Making Babies in Early Modern England

Early modern English people were obsessed with making babies. Leah Astbury traces this preoccupation through manuscript letters, diaries, recipe books and almanacs, revealing its centrality to the histories of gender, medicine, social status, as well as family life. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

About the author

Leah Astbury is a Lecturer in Health History at the University of Bristol.

Product details

• Authors: Astbury Leah, Leah (University of Bristol) Astbury
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.10.2025
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781009602860
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0960286-0
• Pages: 268
• Subjects: European History, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599