Book contents
- Blood
- The Darwin College Lectures
- Blood
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Battle Blood
- 2 Transitional Bleeding in Early Modern England
- 3 Blood in Motion, or the Physics of Blood Flow
- 4 Dracula, Blood, and the New Woman: Stoker’s Reflections on the Zeitgeist
- 5 Blood Lines of the British People
- 6 Heroes and Villains of Blood
- 7 Cold Blood: Some Ways by Which Animals Cope with Low Temperatures
- 8 Blood Sculptures
- Index
- References
2 - Transitional Bleeding in Early Modern England
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 June 2022
- Blood
- The Darwin College Lectures
- Blood
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Battle Blood
- 2 Transitional Bleeding in Early Modern England
- 3 Blood in Motion, or the Physics of Blood Flow
- 4 Dracula, Blood, and the New Woman: Stoker’s Reflections on the Zeitgeist
- 5 Blood Lines of the British People
- 6 Heroes and Villains of Blood
- 7 Cold Blood: Some Ways by Which Animals Cope with Low Temperatures
- 8 Blood Sculptures
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter explores the historical evidence for cultural attitudes to menstruation. The most commonly promoted medical theories as to why women experienced a monthly bleed are discussed. The many words and circumlocutions early moderns used to describe menstruation and related female reproductive bleeding are considered, along with prevailing cultural expectations about this event.
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- Blood , pp. 18 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022