Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary"Devoting different sections of the book to each of the various roles Mary has assumed - Virgin, Queen, Bride, Mother, Intercessor - and drawing on official dogma, folk legend, art, history, literature and psychology, the author of Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism shows how the figure of Mary has shaped and been shaped by changing social and historical circumstances from the first century to the present day, and why, for all their beauty and power (and indeed because of them), the legends of Virgin Mary have condemned real women to perpetual inferiority"--Google books description |
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Page 109
... crown she wears on her head is the token of her triumph . Her crown seems the simplest symbol to express her supremacy , an accessory so natural and so commonplace that it is almost invisible . Yet its appear- ance subtly underlines ...
... crown she wears on her head is the token of her triumph . Her crown seems the simplest symbol to express her supremacy , an accessory so natural and so commonplace that it is almost invisible . Yet its appear- ance subtly underlines ...
Page 117
... crown after crown for her small and pretty head , necklaces and bracelets and brooches to adorn her , capes and robes barnacled in gems to wear on her feastdays . Huge sunburst nimbi of thousands of diamonds , emeralds , and rubies ...
... crown after crown for her small and pretty head , necklaces and bracelets and brooches to adorn her , capes and robes barnacled in gems to wear on her feastdays . Huge sunburst nimbi of thousands of diamonds , emeralds , and rubies ...
Page 141
... crown , on her marriage to Louis VII in 1137 , and then fifteen years later to the English crown , on her marriage to Henry II , extending English territory in France from Normandy right down to Aquitaine . Joanna , Eleanor s daughter ...
... crown , on her marriage to Louis VII in 1137 , and then fifteen years later to the English crown , on her marriage to Henry II , extending English territory in France from Normandy right down to Aquitaine . Joanna , Eleanor s daughter ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 3 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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