On the Purification of Women: Churching in Northern France, 1100-1500
(Part of the The New Middle Ages Series)
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This book is a social history of the ritual and custom of churching, a liturgical rite of purification after childbirth performed on a woman's first visit to church after giving birth. The book describes the development of the rite from its original meaning as a response to blood pollution to its redefinition as a rite that honoured marriage.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1403969698
ISBN13:9781403969699
Release Date:June 2011
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:257 Pages
Weight:0.91 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.3"
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