On the Purification of Women

1. Introduction
Paula M. Rieder

2. Cum Lumine et Oblatione: The Origins of Churching in France
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3. Ob Honorem Sacramenti Matrimonii: The Redefinition of Churching
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4. Quia Pollutae et Peccatrices Erant: Churching as Purification
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5. Salvam Fac Famulam Tuam, Domine: The Liturgical Ritual of Churching
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6. Si Vero Mulier Gravi Infirmitate: Churching and Childbirth
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7. Toute Bonne Femme: Churching as a Women’s Rite
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8. Le Jour de la Feste: Churching, Honor, and Social Order
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9. Epilogue and Conclusion
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Keywords: History, History of Medieval Europe, Gender Studies, History of France, Ancient History, European History, Modern History