BAPTISM OUT OF NECESSITY – A MEDICO-HISTORIOGRAFIC VIEW
Autori:
Dubravko Habek, Domagoj Dokozić, Sani Lukić
Sažetak
Sažetak. Krštenja iz nužde u životnoj opasnosti novorođenčadi bila su proklamirana crkvenim zakonima i primaljskim pravilnicima vezanim uz njih od druge polovice 16. stoljeća. Primalje su stoljećima bile jedina svjetovna bića uz trudnicu, rodilju i novorođenče, tako da su imale obvezu krštenja novorođenčadi u životnoj opasnosti, tada učestale s visokim pomorom. Ova obveza primalja dokazana je medikohistoriografski u gradu Bjelovaru i bjelovarskom kraju, gdje se u župnim Maticama rođenih i umrlih iščitavaju brojna krštenja novorođenčadi u nuždi.
Summary
Summary. Baptism of necessity of life-threatened newborns was proclaimed by church law and related midwifery regulations from the second half of the 16th century. Midwives were for centuries the only lay persons attending the pregnant woman, parturient woman and newborn, so they were obliged to baptize newborns with life-threatening conditions, which were rather common and associated with high mortality in those times. Medical historiography has demonstrated this obligation of midwives in the town of Bjelovar and its surroundings, where parish registers of births, marriages and deaths contain data on numerous newborns baptized out of necessity.
