Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 47
Page 131
... Bernard , in his unfettered delight , reflected the upsurge of popular emotion . Bernard also profoundly influenced the development of devotion to the Virgin , for his order , the Cistercians , after the original foundation of Cîteaux ...
... Bernard , in his unfettered delight , reflected the upsurge of popular emotion . Bernard also profoundly influenced the development of devotion to the Virgin , for his order , the Cistercians , after the original foundation of Cîteaux ...
Page 210
... Bernard and the Cistercians , and later of Francis and the friars , the humanity of Christ - first as a helpless baby clinging to his mother or sleeping in a wooden cradle , and later as the Man of Sorrows , bloodied and bullied on ...
... Bernard and the Cistercians , and later of Francis and the friars , the humanity of Christ - first as a helpless baby clinging to his mother or sleeping in a wooden cradle , and later as the Man of Sorrows , bloodied and bullied on ...
Page 376
... Bernard of Clairvaux , Life and Works of Saint Bernard , Abbot of Clairvaux , ed . Dom John Mabillon , trans . Samuel J. Fales . Vol . 4 , Cantica Canti- carum , eighty - six sermons on the Song of Songs . 15. See Etienne Gilson , The ...
... Bernard of Clairvaux , Life and Works of Saint Bernard , Abbot of Clairvaux , ed . Dom John Mabillon , trans . Samuel J. Fales . Vol . 4 , Cantica Canti- carum , eighty - six sermons on the Song of Songs . 15. See Etienne Gilson , The ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
25 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
angel Annunciation apocryphal appears Assumption Augustine Beatrice beauty Bernard Bible Black Death Blessed Virgin Mary body Book of James bride Byzantine Catholic Chapter chastity child Christ Christian Church Counter-Reformation crown crusade cult Dante death divine early earth Émile Mâle Emperor eternal faith father feast female figure flesh France G. G. Coulton Gautier de Coincy goddess Golden Legend Gospel Greek heaven hell Holy human hymn Ibid icon iconography idea imagery Immaculate Conception Incarnation inspired Jerome Jerusalem Jesus John Joseph king Lady legend London Luke Luke's Madonna Maria Maria de Agreda Mariology marriage Mary Magdalene Mary's Matthew medieval mercy middle ages milk miracle moon mother mystery myth original Oxford paintings paradise Paris Pius Pope popular prayer Queen quoted relics Resurrection Rome rosary Rutebeuf saints shrine Song Song of Solomon soul spirit story symbol Testament thou tion trans troubadour virgin birth vision woman womb women