En obeskriflig hiärtats rörelse : havandeskapsdiskussioner i religiös och medicinsk litteratur under 1700-talet
The aim of this thesis is to explore how people in 18th century Sweden understood emotional and bodily experiences of pregnant women. By combining devotional books with manuals for childbirth and obstetrics, the separation of theological and medical perspectives by previous historical research is questioned. Instead, ideas about pregnancy and the pregnant body are situated in a religious-medical s
