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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture ----- Original Message ----- From: Aline Hornaday <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 6:46 PM Subject: Re: de[con]secration/de-secration (bloodshed) > It's perhaps a little late to contribute to this thread, but for the sake > of completeness it seems worth mentioning that some canonists upheld a > prohibition against holding a church funeral for women who died in > childbirth, [snip] It is pollution > with blood that seems to be the main concern here. With blood of uterine origin, obviously, unless a similar caveat was in place for men (and/or women) who had died from wounds inflicted by a sharp instrument. Brenda M. C. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html