Purity, Profanity, and Puritanism: the Churching of Women, 1500-1700

In the past the ceremony of churching was the only means by which, after childbirth, a woman could return to the community of the Church, and indeed to society in general. It is a subject that has received very scant scholarly attention, in spite of the existence of a considerable body of source mat...

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Main Author: Coster, William (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1990
In: Studies in church history
Year: 1990, Volume: 27, Pages: 377-387
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