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Until the reforms of the middle of the 16th century, marriage _in facie ecclesie_ was performed in the south porch and only after that ceremony did the party proceed to the chancel steps for a blessing. Porches were used for payments of legacies, debts, shelter by the homeless, burial, and so on and so on. I am currently writing a paper about the parish church porch as micro-space in medieval and early-modern England. I have a lot of material to add, but you are welcome to a copy of the initial draft.
As ever,
Dave
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From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture on behalf of David Petts
Sent: Wed 28/09/2005 13:35
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Subject: [M-R] Porches (was North Door)
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Whilst we are on the topic of doors, I am trying to find out some background
material on the uses which church porches were put to. I understand that
weddings were sometimes held in them, but I am trying to find out more,
particularly any liturgical function. I really interested in parochial
churches rather than monastic/episcopal churches, and ideally from Britain
many thanks in advance
David Petts
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From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious
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Briggs
Sent: 28 September 2005 13:02
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Subject: Re: [M-R] north doors (gendered use of)
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Perhaps someone ought to track it down - does 'Frauen rechts, Männer links'
mean looking towards the altar or away from it? If the former, then Jim
Bugslag appears to be suggesting the opposite! I am not aware of any
suggestion that the sexes were separated in this way in England.
John Briggs
Laura Jacobus wrote:
>
> Here's a another reference which I haven't been able to track down,
> but might be useful for this thread;
> Müller, Iso 'Frauen rechts, Männer links: historische
> Platzverteilung in der Kirche' Schweizerisches Archiv für Volkskunde,
> 57 (1961), 65-81
Whereas Jim Bugslag wrote:
>>> At least in Scandinavian churches, there were up till about 1250 in
>>> almost every church a north
>>> door and a south door, the north door for women, the south door for
>>> men. Inside the church, men
>>> and women were not supposed to be together, but stay in the
>>> southern and northern parts
>>> respectively.
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