On the Purification of Women : Churching in Northern France, 1100-1500
by
P. Rieder
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
The New Middle Ages
ISBN-10
1403969698
ISBN-13
9781403969699
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 16th, 2011
Print length
257 Pages
Weight
508 grams
Dimensions
22.30 x 13.90 x 2.40 cms
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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.
Honorable Mention for the SMFS First Book Prize!On the Purification of Women examines the medieval ritual of churching, a 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 honoring marriage. This redefinition, accomplished within the heated context of twelfth-century Church reforms, promoted lay conformity with the Church''s understanding of marriage and allowed the Church to use the ritual as a disciplinary tool with important consequences for the lives of women and men in late medieval France.
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