The Countess of Lincolns Nursery

By Clinton, Elizabeth Knevet

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Title:	The Countess of Lincolns Nursery
Author:	Clinton, Elizabeth Knevet
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction--Women authors--History and criticism., Literature--Women authors, Literature
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Introduction: What a racket do Authors make about this: The Debate Over Maternal Breastfeeding in Early Modern England In the seventeenth century, the vast majority of noble- and gentlewomen employed commoners as wet nurses. This practice, in combination with rising religious conservatism, incited a socio-religious controversy about breastfeeding.