Cover Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Cum Lumine et Oblatione: The Origins of Churching in France 2. Ob Honorem Sacramenti Matrimonii: The Redefinition of Churching 3. Quia Pollutae et Peccatrices Erant: Churching as Purification 4. Salvam Fac Famulam Tuam, Domine: The Liturgical Ritual of Churching 5. Si Vero Mulier Gravi Infirmitate: Churching and Childbirth 6. Toute Bonne Femme: Churching as a Women's Rite 7. Le Jour de la Feste: Churching, Honor, and Social Order Epilogue and Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.