30-06-2026, 04:13 PM
[quote="oshfdk" pid='86651' dateline='1782755515']
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Hi!
I'm not sure what to challenge here, is there any specific evidence pointing towards Maltese? I think Maltese has been discussed before, but I can't find it now.
Also, for a midwifery book, I find the total lack of babies in the images a bit unexpected.
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I see your point, but there might have been a reason. Once a baby was born and baptized, usually immediately after birth, the job of the local midwife was done. This was different from now and even different from 100 years later. As the babies (directly after birth) were christian babies, the aftercare was done by other, baptized people. You never know, don't you? Your local midwife was your local witch, too.
Well, it's tricky to be precise when exactly that changed, especially on Malta - but it did in the midrun, mostly because the midwives became or already were christian, too.
Doro
[quote]
Hi!
I'm not sure what to challenge here, is there any specific evidence pointing towards Maltese? I think Maltese has been discussed before, but I can't find it now.
Also, for a midwifery book, I find the total lack of babies in the images a bit unexpected.
[/quote]
I see your point, but there might have been a reason. Once a baby was born and baptized, usually immediately after birth, the job of the local midwife was done. This was different from now and even different from 100 years later. As the babies (directly after birth) were christian babies, the aftercare was done by other, baptized people. You never know, don't you? Your local midwife was your local witch, too.
Well, it's tricky to be precise when exactly that changed, especially on Malta - but it did in the midrun, mostly because the midwives became or already were christian, too.
Doro