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Who We Are<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are historians based in the Department of Archaeology and History at the University of Exeter. Our research focuses on the history of fertility and infertility in the medieval period (Catherine) and the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries (Sarah). As part of this, we are interested in how modern readers respond to historical experiences of fertility and we\u2019ve held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project, funded by an AHRC Impact Accelerator award, shares some of these historical stories about infertility and pregnancy loss. We hope you find it interesting – and if you did, we would like to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Professor Catherine Rider <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exeter Profile Page: https:\/\/arch-history.exeter.ac.uk\/history\/profile\/index.php?username=crr205<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: c.r.rider@exeter.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LinkedIn: Catherine Rider<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram: @catherineridermedieval<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open Access Article: Catherine Rider, \u2018The Medieval Biological Clock? Gendered Reproductive Aging in Medieval Western Medicine\u2019, Journal of Aging Studies <\/em>64 (2023), https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0890406522000743?via%3Dihub<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Professor Sarah Toulalan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exeter Profile Page: https:\/\/arch-history.exeter.ac.uk\/history\/profile\/index.php?username=sdtoulal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: s.d.toulalan@exeter.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LinkedIn: Toulalan Sarah Open Access Article: Sarah Toulalan, \u2018\u201dElderly Years Cause a Total Dispaire of Conception\u201d: Old Age, Sex and Infertility in Early Modern England\u2019, Social History of Medicine <\/em>16 (2016), https:\/\/ore.exeter.ac.uk\/articles\/journal_contribution\/_Elderly_years_cause_a_Total_dispaire_of_Conception_old_age_sex_and_infertility_in_early_modern_England\/29836529<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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