On the Purification of Women

On the Purification of Women Churching in Northern France, 1100-1500 - New Middle Ages

2011

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781403969699
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
Edition: 2011
DEWEY: 265.9
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 257
Weight: 508g
Height: 223mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 24mm