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On the Purification of Women

- Churching in Northern France, 1100-1500

Om On the Purification of Women

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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  • Språk:
  • Engelska
  • ISBN:
  • 9781403969699
  • Format:
  • Inbunden
  • Sidor:
  • 257
  • Utgiven:
  • 16. juni 2011
  • Mått:
  • 139x223x24 mm.
  • Vikt:
  • 508 g.
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Förväntad leverans: 18. mars 2025

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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.

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