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On the Purification of Women e-bog
436,85 DKK
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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.
E-bog
436,85 DKK
Forlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Udgivet
30 april 2016
Genrer
1DDF
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781137050144
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.