{"product_id":"on-the-purification-of-women-p-rieder-9781403969699","title":"On the Purification of Women: Churching in Northern France, 1100-1500","description":"Honorable Mention for the SMFS First Book Prize! On the Purification of Women examines the medieval ritual of churching, a 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 honoring marriage. This redefinition, accomplished within the heated context of twelfth-century Church reforms, promoted lay conformity with the Church's understanding of marriage and allowed the Church to use the ritual as a disciplinary tool with important consequences for the lives of women and men in late medieval France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e P. Rieder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1403969698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781403969699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.00w x 0.82d","brand":"P. Rieder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372365172991,"sku":"9781403969699","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9882694-bb93-4d10-a972-253c61815061.jpg?v=1732725743","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-purification-of-women-p-rieder-9781403969699","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}