Mary's Mother: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Europe

by Virginia Nixon

Book Overview

Saint Anne, the mother of Mary, is not a biblical figure. She first appears in a second-century apocryphal infancy gospel as part of the story of the savior's birth and maternal ancestry. Over the ensuing centuries, Anne's story circulated throughout eastern and western Christendom, but it was not until the late Middle Ages that a cult of Saint Anne gained a firm footing in Europe. Mary's Mother is about the remarkable rise of Anne as a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271058129
• ISBN13: 9780271058122
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"