The New Middle Ages: Churching in Northern France, 1100-1500

Rieder, P.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-06-16

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403969699

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-05014-4

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 257