Brigitte Barnard
The Tudor Midwife · Historical fiction & Tudor history
Tudor Childbirth in the Royal Court
New · The Midwives and Mothers · Pen & Sword History
In the Tudor court, a woman’s body was never her own. Historian and midwife Brigitte Barnard reveals how royal women gave birth, the rituals that surrounded them, and the midwives who guarded the knowledge and skill that kept mothers and infants alive.
The Tudor Queens’ Midwife
Book 1 · Historical fiction
In Henry VIII’s court, Queen Katherine of Aragon turns to Sarah Menendez, the most skilled midwife in England — a woman exiled from her homeland and living under a name that is not her own.
“Barnard crafts her Tudor story with much sensitivity and skill.”
Wendy J. Dunn, author, on The Tudor Queens’ Midwife
Brigitte Barnard is a former midwife who writes Tudor historical fiction and the history of childbirth at the royal court. Hear her on podcasts and at talks.