On the purification of women : churching in northern France, 1100-1500 / Paula M. Rieder.

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

257 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-251) and index.

Cum lumine et oblatione: the origins of churching in France -- Ob honorem sacramenti matrimonii: the redefinition of churching -- Quia pollutae et peccatrices erant: churching as purification -- Salvan fac famulam tuam, domine: the liturgical ritual of churching -- Si vero mulier gravi infirmitate: churching and childbirth -- Toute bonne femme: churching as a women's rite -- Le jour de la feste: churching, honor, and social order