The Interpretation of Childbirth in Early Modern Spain

01.01.2020

Leitung: Wolfram Aichinger

Projekt: “The Interpretation of Childbirth in Early Modern Spain”
Leitung: Wolfram Aichinger
Programmschiene: FWF-Einzelprojekt
Laufzeit: 2020–2024

Pregnancy, childbirth, the grim and wonderful business of procreation: these topics are related to all other fields of society. In 17th century Spain childbirth was accompanied and guided by symbols, rituals, images and stories. It is this cultural side of obstetrics we propose to explore assuming that the body cannot be explained without the mind.

Weitere Informationen: childbirth.univie.ac.at