Mother of God: A History of the Virgin Mary

by Miri Rubin

Book Overview

A sweeping, ambitious study of the Virgin Mary's emergence and role throughout Western history

How did the Virgin Mary, about whom very little is said in the Gospels, become one of the most powerful and complex religious figures in the world? To arrive at the answers to this far-reaching question, one of our foremost medieval historians, Miri Rubin, investigates the ideas, practices, and images that have developed around the figure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300164327
• ISBN13: 9780300164329
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"