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How are pregnancy and childbirth viewed in medieval short stories?

What is it about?

Pregnancy and childbirth are considered differently by authors writing in different traditions but at the same moment in time: the fabliaux, Miracles of the Virgin, and pious tales have different but overlapping agendas. The article asks why the topic is treated differently in similar works.

Why is it important?

It is important because it reveals that, circumstances permitting, sex is allowed and accepted by medieval authors & the world in which they operated. Broadly speaking, sex is part of the humour of the fabliaux, is used for education and entertainment in pious tales, and the promote the sacrament of penance in Miracles of the Virgin.

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