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Ethelred the Unready’s gift to parturient women: an agate touch-stone said to ease childbirth

by Janette Allotey January 31, 2017 No Comments

From British Library, Manuscript Cotton Nero D i, f.l46v Enlarged so as to represent probable dimensions of original stone.

Read here the full version of Professor Michael Swanton’s article:

Professor Swanton is Emeritus Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter.

History of Midwifery and Childbirth Research Group

Ethelred the Unready’s gift to parturient women: an agate touch-stone said to ease childbirth

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