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Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews: Devotion to the Virgin Mary in Anglo-Norman England
Kati Ihnat
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Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews explores a key moment in the rise of the cult of the Virgin Mary and the way the Jews became central to her story. Benedictine monks in England at the turn of the twelfth century developed many innovative ways to venerate Mary as the most powerful saintly intercessor. They sought her mercy on a weekly and daily basis with extensive liturgical practices, commemorated additional moments of her life on special feast days, and praised her above all other human beings with new doctrines that claimed her Immaculate Conception and bodily Assumption. They also ... Read more
Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews explores a key moment in the rise of the cult of the Virgin Mary and the way the Jews became central to her story. Benedictine monks in England at the turn of the twelfth century developed many innovative ways to venerate Mary as the most powerful saintly intercessor. They sought her mercy on a weekly and daily basis with extensive liturgical practices, commemorated additional moments of her life on special feast days, and praised her above all other human beings with new doctrines that claimed her Immaculate Conception and bodily Assumption. They also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691169538
SKU
V9780691169538
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About Kati Ihnat
Kati Ihnat is lecturer in medieval history at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
Reviews for Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews: Devotion to the Virgin Mary in Anglo-Norman England
Kati Ihnat offers a careful exploration of the way in which 11th- and 12th-century monks painstakingly developed the cult of the Virgin Mary, in part by casting the Jewish people as her prototypical enemy... This a study that has much to offer not only for medievalists but also, more generally, for scholars with an interest in religion, culture and the ... Read more