From Sacred Body to Angelic Soul. Understanding Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Introduction: Marian Devotion, Popular Preaching, and the Power of Speech in Late Medieval Religious Life 1. "From the Very Pure Blood": Mary's Motherhood and Late Medieval Christianity 2. The Sword of Compassion: Mary and the Passion in the Middle Ages 3. "Hevenly Conversacion": Mary as Supreme Intercessor and Mediatrix 4. Spiritual Mothers: Mary's Motherhood and Post-Tridentine Catholicism 5. Wounds of Love: Mary and the Passion in the Late Sixteenth Century 6. Ubl Maria, ibi ecclesia: Marian Prayers and Devotional Societies after Trent