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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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- Author : P. Rieder
- Publisher : Springer
- Genre : History
- Total Pages : 257 pages
- ISBN : 1137050144
- Release Date : 30 April 2016
- PDF File Size : 48,6 Mb
- Language : English
- Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews
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