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| Birth | |
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| Childbed Mysteries: God's Babies: The Spiritual Construction of Childbirth | |
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| Comforts for Childbearing Women | |
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| Suffering and Death | |
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| The Archers: A Family History | |
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| The Management of Childbirth: Books for the Birth of Mankind | |
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| Signs of Conception | |
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| Care of the Expectant Mother | |
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| Abortion | |
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| Preparations for the Birth Room | |
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| Childbed Attendants: Reputable Midwives | |
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| Midwives and Ministers | |
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| Midwives in Action | |
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| Bastard Births | |
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| Mother and Child: The Woman in the Straw | |
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| Childbed Gossips | |
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| The Blessings of the Breast | |
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| The Wetnurse and the Martyr | |
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| Baptism | |
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| Baptism as Sacrament and Drama: Questions of Contention | |
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| Timing, Refusal and Neglect | |
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| Liturgy | |
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| Theology | |
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| Lost Souls | |
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| Baptism by Women | |
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| Crosses in Baptism: The Sign of the Cross | |
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| Elements and Substances | |
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| Dipping and Sprinkling | |
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| Fonts and Basins | |
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| The People with the Children: Parents and Godparents | |
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| Naming the Child | |
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| Chrisom Cloths and Christening Sheets | |
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| Christening Cheer | |
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| Changes and Challenges: Baptism in Times of Distraction, 1642-1660 | |
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| Baptism after the Restoration | |
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| The Rise of Private Baptism | |
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| Churching | |
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| Purification, Thanksgiving, and the Churching of Women: Viewpoints | |
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| Gossippings | |
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| Green Women | |
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| Blessing and Cleansing | |
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| Complaints and Objections | |
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| Rates and Fees | |
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| Cases and Collisions | |
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| Decent Veils | |
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| ""Julia's Churching"" | |
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| Churching continued, 1645-1700 | |
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| Multiple Meanings | |
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| Courtship | |
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| Courtship and the Making of Marriage: Courtship Narratives | |
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| Making a Match | |
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| Choice and Consent | |
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| Mutual Love and Good Liking | |
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| Gifts and Tokens | |
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| Espousals, Betrothals and Contracts: Cementing an Engagement | |
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| Carnal Knowledge | |
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| Marriage | |
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| Holy Matrimony: Transformations | |
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| Problems and Questions | |
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| God's Weddings | |
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| Prohibitions and Impediments: Forbidden Seasons | |
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| Banns and Licences | |
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| Impediments | |
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| Prohibited Degrees | |
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| Religious Restrictions | |
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| Clandestine and Irregular Marriages: Canonical Hours | |
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| Clandestine Weddings | |
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| ""Living together as man and wife"" | |
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| After the Restoration | |
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| Nuptial Vows: The Solemnization of Matrimony | |
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| Giving the Bride | |
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| The Ring in Marriage | |
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| The Accustomed Duty | |
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| Wedding Celebrations: Festive Excess | |
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| Hymen's Revels | |
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| Wedding Gear | |
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| Bridal Flowers | |
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| Giving and Bidding | |
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| Bridal Processions | |
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| Acts of Piety and Mirth | |
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| Possets and Stockings | |
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| Death | |
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| Death Comes for All: Body and Soul | |
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| Ars Moriendi | |
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| Grief | |
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| Ritual and Reformation: The Order for Burial of the Dead | |
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| Persistent Tradition | |
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| Puritan Criticism | |
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| Ceremonial Discipline | |
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| The War on Pomp | |
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| Revolution and Restoration | |
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| Funerals and Burials: For Whom the Bell Tolls | |
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| Winding and Watching | |
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| Furnishings and Equipment | |
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| Funeral Processions | |
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| Mourning Black | |
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| Doles and Dinners | |
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| The Triumph of Pomp | |
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| The Geography ofInterment: Fees and Dues | |
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| Places of Honour | |
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| The Dormitory of Christians | |
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| Markers and Memorials | |
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| Conclusion: Centres and Peripheries | |
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| Public and Private | |
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| Social and Spiritual | |
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| Stories within Stories | |
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| Men and women | |
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| Problems and changes | |
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| Reformation, Revolution and Restoration | |
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| Index | |