The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Early Modern Germany - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Early Modern Germany write by Bridget Heal. This book was released on 2014-11-06. The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Early Modern Germany available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What happened to the fervent Marian piety of the late Middle Ages during Germany's Reformation and Counter-Reformation? It has been widely assumed that Mary disappeared from Protestant devotional life and subsequently became a figurehead for the Catholic Church's campaign of religious reconquest. This book presents a more finely nuanced account of the Virgin's significance. In many Lutheran territories Marian liturgy and images - from magnificent altarpieces to simple paintings and prints - survived, though their meaning was transformed. In Catholic areas baroque art and piety flourished, but the militant Virgin associated with the Counter-Reformation did not always dominate religious devotion. Traditional manifestations of Marian veneration persisted, despite the post-Tridentine Church's attempts to dictate a uniform style of religious life. This book demonstrates that local context played a key role in shaping Marian piety, and explores the significance of this diversity of Marian practice for women's and men's experiences of religious change.
The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture
The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture write by Gary Waller. This book was released on 2011-01-20. The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book was first published in 2011. The Virgin Mary was one of the most powerful images of the Middle Ages, central to people's experience of Christianity. During the Reformation, however, many images of the Virgin were destroyed, as Protestantism rejected the way the medieval Church over-valued and sexualized Mary. Although increasingly marginalized in Protestant thought and practice, her traces and surprising transformations continued to haunt early modern England. Combining historical analysis and contemporary theory, including issues raised by psychoanalysis and feminist theology, Gary Waller examines the literature, theology and popular culture associated with Mary in the transition between late medieval and early modern England. He contrasts a variety of pre-Reformation texts and events, including popular mariology, poetry, tales, drama, pilgrimage and the emerging 'New Learning', with later sixteenth-century ruins, songs, ballads, Petrarchan poetry, the works of Shakespeare and other texts where the Virgin's presence or influence, sometimes surprisingly, can be found.
The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland
The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland write by Stephen I. Boardman. This book was released on 2010. The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A new investigation of the saints' cults which flourished in medieval Scotland, fruitfully combining archaeological, historical, and literary perspectives.
Biblical Readings and Literary Writings in Early Modern England, 1558-1625
Biblical Readings and Literary Writings in Early Modern England, 1558-1625 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Biblical Readings and Literary Writings in Early Modern England, 1558-1625 write by Victoria Brownlee. This book was released on 2018. Biblical Readings and Literary Writings in Early Modern England, 1558-1625 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book considers the relationship between biblical readings and literary writings in early modern England and it explores the impact of how the Bible was read across a variety of writers and genres.
A Cultural Study of Mary and the Annunciation
A Cultural Study of Mary and the Annunciation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Cultural Study of Mary and the Annunciation write by Gary Waller. This book was released on 2015-10-06. A Cultural Study of Mary and the Annunciation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book traces the history of the Annunciation, exploring the deep and lasting impact of the event on the Western imagination. Waller explores the Annunciation from its appearance in Luke’s Gospel, to its rise to prominence in religious doctrine and popular culture, and its gradual decline in importance during the Enlightenment.
