Medieval Art
Medieval Art

Author: Gale R. Owen-Crocker

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780719049927

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To honor the late renowned art historian C.R. Dodwell, a collection of papers by leading scholars are combined to provide an illuminating perspective on a richly varied selection of topics, not the least of which recognizes Dodwell's significant achievement in restoring Lambeth Palace Library during the 1950s. 8 color and 101 bandw illustrations.

Middle English Marian Lyrics
Middle English Marian Lyrics

Author: Karen Saupe

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1580444156

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Through its contextualizing introduction, notes, and gloss, this classroom-friendly edition of Middle English lyric poetry makes the wide variety of Marian poems available to students of all levels. The poems selected for this volume provide a sampling of the rich tradition of Marian devotion as expressed in Middle English. They range widely in form, tone, and aesthetic quality in how they relate the iconic moments from Mary's life-the Annunciation, Nativity, and her experience of Christ's passion, for instance-as well as in their variety of praises for the Queen of Heaven. Taken together, the poems express the full range of a people's effort to voice anxieties and joys through Mary. This collection will spark an excellent discussion on English spirituality, Marian devotion, and Middle English lyrical poetry.

Empress and Handmaid
Empress and Handmaid

Author: Sarah Jane Boss

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780304707812

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Medieval images of the Virgin Mary for veneration usually showed a mother and child enthroned, bearing signs of regal authority. Yet modern images show her standing alone, without signs of authority or maternity. This work argues that this and other developments in the cult of the Virgin in western Christianity must be understood against the background of our changing relationship with "nature". The book offers a new assessment of the significance of the cult of the Virgin in Christianity. It also includes an original account of the development of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. The theorectical perspective is strongly influenced by the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School, in its critique of domination.

The Oxford Handbook of the Baroque
The Oxford Handbook of the Baroque

Author: John D. Lyons

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 907

ISBN-13: 0190678445

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Baroque, the cultural period extending from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth century, created some of the world's most striking monuments, music, artworks, and literature. This Handbook goes beyond all existing studies by presenting Baroque not only as a style, but also as a global cultural phenomenon arising in response to enormous religious, political, and technological changes.

Mary and the Art of Prayer
Mary and the Art of Prayer

Author: Rachel Fulton Brown

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 9780231181693

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Would you like to learn to pray like a medieval Christian? Rachel Fulton Brown traces the history of the medieval practice of praising Mary through the complex of prayers known as the Hours of the Virgin. Mary and the Art of Prayer asks readers to immerse themselves in the experience of believing in and praying to Mary.

The Wisdom of Poetry
The Wisdom of Poetry

Author: Larry Dean Benson

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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A collection of wise and witty essays by some of our wisest and wittiest scholars in honor of one of our field's wisest wits.