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I'm the daughter of a 16th-century noble and I'm concerned that an extramarital tryst may have resulted in pregnancy. Do I have access to a "pregnancy test"? Before it became obvious (and potentially damning), what folk methods would I have to determine whether I was pregnant? NSFW

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Pre-modern historical records are often heavily biased, exaggerated, and/or blatantly untrue. When and why did the modern practice of unbiased historiography emerge?

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I'm the daughter of a 16th-century noble and I'm concerned that an extramarital tryst may have resulted in pregnancy. Do I have access to a "pregnancy test"? Before it became obvious (and potentially damning), what folk methods would I have to determine whether I was pregnant? NSFW	203
Pre-modern historical records are often heavily biased, exaggerated, and/or blatantly untrue. When and why did the modern practice of unbiased historiography emerge?	5