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The Imposteress Rabbit Breeder
In October 1726, Mary Toft was found to have given birth to 17 rabbits in Godalming, Surrey
The case caused a sensation and was reported widely in newspapers, popular pamphlets, poems and caricatures.
Karen Harvey, Professor of Cultural History, University of Birmingham presents an illustrated lecture about the case of Mary Toft and the huge social and cultural changes in English society it reveals, based on extensive new archival research done for her new book,
The Imposteress Rabbit Breeder.
Harvey situates the rabbit-births within the troubled community of Godalming and the women who remained close to Mary Toft as the case unfolded. She explores the motivations of the medics who examined her, considering why the case attracted the attention of the King and powerful men in government, and follows the case through the criminal justice system.
In October 1726, Mary Toft was found to have given birth to 17 rabbits in Godalming, Surrey
The case caused a sensation and was reported widely in newspapers, popular pamphlets, poems and caricatures.
Karen Harvey, Professor of Cultural History, University of Birmingham presents an illustrated lecture about the case of Mary Toft and the huge social and cultural changes in English society it reveals, based on extensive new archival research done for her new book,
The Imposteress Rabbit Breeder.
Harvey situates the rabbit-births within the troubled community of Godalming and the women who remained close to Mary Toft as the case unfolded. She explores the motivations of the medics who examined her, considering why the case attracted the attention of the King and powerful men in government, and follows the case through the criminal justice system.