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. INDICE: Introduction - Cum Lumine et Oblatione: The Origins of Churching in France - Ob Honorem Sacramenti Matrimonii: The Redefinition of Churching - Quia Pollutae et Peccatrices Erant: Clerical Views of Churching - Salvam Fac Famulam Tuam, Domine: The Liturgical Ritual of Churching - Si Vero Mulier Gravi Infirmitate: The Ritual of Churching for Ill Mothers - Toute Bonne Femme Doit Touzjours Rendre Graces à Dieu: Churching as a Women's Rite - Pour le Jour de la Feste des Dites Relevailles: Churching, Honor, and Social Order - Epilogue and Conclusions - Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-6969-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 18/12/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés