On the Purification of Women : Churching in Northern France, 1100-1500 (The New Middle Ages)

Rieder, Paula M.

Palgrave Macmillan（2006/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 257 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781403969699
• DDC分類 265.9

基本説明

This book is a social history of the ritual and custom of churching, a liturgical rite of purification after childbirth performed on a women's first visit to church after giving birth.

Full Description

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.

Contents

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