Mother of God : a history of the Virgin Mary /: a history of the Virgin Mary. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: History of the Virgin Mary
• Further Information: Note: Miri Rubin.
• Other Names: Rubin, Miri, 1956-
• Contents: Writing about Mary: an introduction ---- Part I. From temple maiden to the bearer of God: to the year 431. 1. The earliest glimpses of Mary -- 2. Mary in a Christian empire -- 3. Versions of Mary -- 4. Mary of the imperial state ---- Part II. From the Eastern Mediterranean to the Irish Sea: to the year 1000. 5. Mary of the Christian empire -- 6. Beyond the Greek world -- 7. The emergence of European Mary ---- Part III. The emergence of Mary's hegemony: 1000-1200. 8. Mary of the cloister -- 9. Mary of polemic and encounter -- 10. Abundance and ubiquity ---- Part IV. Mary, local and familiar: 1200-1400. 11. Mary in liturgy, song, and prayer -- 12. Mary, the friars, and the mother tongue -- 13. Teaching Mary in parish and home -- 14. Mary's miracles as reward and as punishment --15. Mary at the foot of the cross -- 16. Mary and women, Mary and men ---- Part V. Mary as queen and reformer: 1400-1500. 17. Mary the sublime -- 18. Mary: unlike any other -- 19. Mary of parish practice and family life -- 20. Mary: a world of devotional possibilities ---- Part VI. Mary reformed, Mary global: 1500 and beyond. 21. Mary of reform and reformation -- 22. From Europe to the rest of the world -- 23. Mary in a world of neighbouring diversity ---- After Mary: a conclusion.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 532 pages, [16] pages of plates), color illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 232.91; RELIGION / History; Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary; Theology, Doctrinal; Electronic books; Biography; History; History of doctrines; Devotion to; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141912646; 0141912642
• Related ISBNs: 9780141019352; 0141019352
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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