A Wet Nurse Debate: Jews, Christians, and Later Medieval “Racism”
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DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340194
Abstract: It is clear that medieval Jews employed Christian wet nurses, as well as other Christian domestic servants, and that ecclesiastical condemnations did not prevail against social and economic interests. In Etsi Judeos Pope Innocent III,… read more here.
Keywords: debate; christian wet; wet nurses; later medieval ... See more keywords
Historical Research: Conditions of Boarded Out Babies of Wet-Nurses, Colonial Australia
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DOI: 10.1177/0890334421994776
Abstract: Wet-nurses themselves rarely left written accounts. In this article, I have reconstructed their experiences and work situations breastfeeding other women’s infants in colonial Australia through examining available sources concerning their employment situations and the fate… read more here.
Keywords: wet nurses; colonial australia; boarded babies; conditions boarded ... See more keywords