Saturday, April 17, 2021

The Market Harborough woman who gave birth to a cat

In 1569  Agnes Bowker of Market Harborough gave birth to a cat. Or so legend maintains.

This Renaissance English History Podcast looks at what this event tells us about the lives of women in 16th-century England.

David Wootton once gave another interesting take on these events in the London Review of Books.

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