Historia de las matronas en España

Godmother, "wise" woman, teacher in childbirth and, of course, midwife. Many names for a profession with a history as long as that of Humanity. Do you know when men were able to access midwifery studies? What repercussion did the Pragmatic of 1477, promulgated by the Catholic Monarchs, have on the profession of midwife? Did you know that Muslim midwives attended real births like that of Catherine of Lancaster despite its prohibition? How was a home birth attended at the end of the 16th century? How has the evolution of the tools used in childbirth been? Did midwives baptize? Sorcery, witchcraft, amulets..., what were the most controversial practices? This book, which begins with a journey through the history of midwives in ancient times, from ancestral Japanese practices or Ancient Egypt to the present day, will allow us to discover the importance of this discipline, especially in Spain; the development over the centuries of their profession, as well as a whole series of curiosities and unknown aspects that show us the extraordinary, beautiful, and sometimes difficult side of the daily life of these professionals who have helped women so much during their reproductive and sexual life. This work collects not only the history of a profession as important as it is forgotten, but also offers us a detailed vision of the social context in which it has developed and which forms a very relevant part of the history of women.