Menstruation and procreation in early modern France / by Cathy McClive, Durham Uiversity, UK.

Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2015]

267 pages ; 24 cm.

Leviticus and the problem of sex during genital fluxes -- Menstruation, conception and the timely use of marriage -- I await my rules which do not arrive: menstrual regularity and irregular menstruation -- Detecting and proving pregnancy -- Menstrual time and the moons of pregnancy -- Bleeding hermaphrodites and menstruating men.

Includes bibliographical references and index.