Bleeding Flowers and Waning Moons: A History of Menstruation in France, c. 1495-1761
Cathy McCLIVE
Thèse en Histoire, Dir. Colin Jones, H. Marland, P. Roberts, D. Jacquart, Univ. of Warwick – Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, IVe sect. Sorbonne, 2004
This thesis explores early modern perceptions of menstrual bleeding by asking three main questions: to what extent was menstrual bleeding gendered in early modern France, how was the relationship between menses and conception understood and what were the wider ramifications of this’ This thesis draws on diverse sources including medical, casuistic and judicial texts, court records and private documents....

