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BIRTH; 1. Childbed Mysteries: God's Babies: The Spiritual Constructionof Childbirth; Comforts for Childbearing Women; Suffering and Death; TheArchers: A Family History; 2. The Management of Childbirth: Books for theBirth of Mankind; Signs of Conception; Care of the Expectant Mother;Abortion; Preparations for the Birth Room; 3. Childbed Attendants: ReputableMidwives; Midwives and Ministers; Midwives in Action; Bastard Births; 4.Mother and Child: The Woman in the Straw; Childbed Gossips; The Blessings ofthe Breast; The Wetnurse and the Martyr; BAPTISM; 5. Baptism as Sacrament andDrama: Questions of Contention; Timing, Refusal and Neglect; Liturgy;Theology; Lost Souls; Baptism by Women; 6. Crosses in Baptism: The Sign ofthe Cross; Elements and Substances; Dipping and Sprinkling; Fonts and Basins;7. The People with the Children: Parents and Godparents; Naming the Child;Chrisom Cloths and Christening Sheets; Christening Cheer; 8. Changes andChallenges: Baptism in Times of Distraction, 1642-1660; Baptism after theRestoration; The Rise of Private Baptism; CHURCHING; 9. Purification,Thanksgiving, and the Churching of Women: Viewpoints; Gossippings; GreenWomen; Blessing and Cleansing; Complaints and Objections; Rates and Fees;Cases and Collisions; Decent Veils; "Julia's Churching"; Churching continued,1645-1700; Multiple Meanings; COURTSHIP; 10. Courtship and the Making ofMarriage: Courtship Narratives; Making a Match; Choice and Consent; MutualLove and Good Liking; Gifts and Tokens; 11. Espousals, Betrothals andContracts: Cementing an Engagement; Carnal Knowledge; MARRIAGE; 12. HolyMatrimony: Transformations; Problems and Questions; God's Weddings; 13.Prohibitions and Impediments: Forbidden Seasons; Banns and Licences;Impediments; Prohibited Degrees; Religious Restrictions; 14. Clandestine andIrregular Marriages: Canonical Hours; Clandestine Weddings; "Living togetheras man and oife"; After the Restoration; 15. Nuptial Vows: The Solemnizationof Matrimony; Giving the Bride; The Ring in Marriage; The Accustomed Duty;16. Wedding Celebrations: Festive Excess; Hymen's Revels; Wedding Gear;Bridal Flowers; Giving and Bidding; Bridal Processions; Acts of Piety andMirth; Possets and Stockings; DEATH; 17. Death Comes for All: Body and Soul;Ars Moriendi; Grief; 18. Ritual and Reformation: The Order for Burial of theDead; Persistent Tradition; Puritan Criticism; Ceremonial Discipline; The Waron Pomp; Revolution and Restoration; 19. Funerals and Burials: For Whom theBell Tolls; Winding and Watching; Furnishings and Equipment; FuneralProcessions; Mourning Black; Doles and Dinners; The Triumph of Pomp; 20. TheGeography of Interment: Fees and Dues; Places of Honour; The Dormitory ofChristians; Markers and Memorials; Conclusion: Centres and Peripheries;Public and Private; Social and Spiritual; Stories within Stories; Men andwomen; Problems and changes; Reformation, Revolution and Restoration; Index