The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture

by Gary Waller

Book Overview

The Virgin Mary was one of the most powerful images of the Middle Ages, central to people's experience of Christianity. During the Reformation, however, many images of the Virgin were destroyed, as Protestantism rejected the way the medieval Church over-valued and sexualized Mary. Although increasingly marginalized in Protestant thought and practice, her traces and surprising transformations continued to haunt early modern England. Combining historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107407664
• ISBN13: 9781107407664
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"