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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.



