Deviant Maternity: Illegitimacy in Wales, C. 1680-1800

This book explores the link between courtship, economic precarity and increasing levels of illegitimacy in 18th-century Wales. It also considers the diverse identities and relationships of the parents, and the lived experience of conception, pregnancy and childbirth for unmarried mothers.

Angela Joy Muir is a Lecturer in British Social and Cultural History at the University of Leicester.