Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Barbara Hargreaves

  • An unusual pregnancy: The gestation and delivery of the Nun of Watton

    Barbara HargreavesDurham, United Kingdom Sometime around the year 1150, a four-year old girl was given to the Gilbertine community of nuns at Watton, England. There she grew up, took vows, and became a nun herself. It appears that she was ill-suited for the life of a religious sister, and when a group of Gilbertine brothers…