{"product_id":"9781403969699","title":"The New Middle Ages: Churching in Northern France, 1100-1500","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe New Middle Ages: Churching in Northern France, 1100-1500\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRieder, P.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2011-06-16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781403969699\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-137-05014-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 257\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549063438476,"sku":"9781403969699","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781403969699.jpg?v=1772029778","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781403969699","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}