The Quest for the Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages

by Mary Dzon

Beginning in the twelfth century, clergy and laity alike started wondering with intensity about the historical and developmental details of Jesus' early life. Was the Christ Child like other children, whose characteristics and capabilities depended on their age? Was he sweet and tender, or formidable and powerful? Not finding sufficient information in the Gospels, which are almost completely silent about Jesus' childhood, medieval Christians turned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812248848
• ISBN13: 9780812248845
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"