Miracles of Our Lady

by Gonzalo de Berceo

Book Overview

Miracle tales, in which people are rewarded for piety or punished for sin through the intervention of the Virgin Mary, were a popular literary form all through the Middle Ages. Milagros de Nuestra Sehora , a collection of such stories by the Spanish secular priest Gonzalo de Berceo, is a premier example of this genre; it is also regarded as one of the four most important texts of medieval Spain. Difficulties in translating this work have made it unavailable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813120195
• ISBN13: 9780813120195
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher