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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 90
Page 85
... heaven . " Jesus assents , and commands Michael to bring Mary's soul down again from heaven . The angel rolls away the stone from the sepulchre and Jesus invokes Mary : " Rise up my love and my kinswoman : thou that didst not suffer ...
... heaven . " Jesus assents , and commands Michael to bring Mary's soul down again from heaven . The angel rolls away the stone from the sepulchre and Jesus invokes Mary : " Rise up my love and my kinswoman : thou that didst not suffer ...
Page 89
... heaven . The Pseudo- Melito is the source for the sculpture programmes of the portals to the Virgin of Senlis , Angers , Chartres , and , later , Strasbourg , Notre Dame in Paris , and Bourges , but none of them show Mary ascending to ...
... heaven . The Pseudo- Melito is the source for the sculpture programmes of the portals to the Virgin of Senlis , Angers , Chartres , and , later , Strasbourg , Notre Dame in Paris , and Bourges , but none of them show Mary ascending to ...
Page 91
... heaven . In the Acts of Paul , written around 160 , the saint appears to the Emperor Nero after his martyrdom as he had promised , and then rises into heaven . Another later tale in the same genre of apostolic romances that flourished ...
... heaven . In the Acts of Paul , written around 160 , the saint appears to the Emperor Nero after his martyrdom as he had promised , and then rises into heaven . Another later tale in the same genre of apostolic romances that flourished ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 3 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
25 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ancient angel Annunciation apocryphal appears Augustine beauty Bernard Bible Black Death Blessed Virgin Mary body Book of James Byzantine cathedral Catholic Chapter child Christ Church crusade cult Dame Dante death divine Emperor English eternal faith father feast figure France G. G. Coulton Gautier de Coincy goddess Golden Legend Gospel Gospel of pseudo-Matthew Greek heaven hell Holy human hymn Ibid icon iconography imagery Immaculate Conception Jerome Jerusalem Jesus John Joseph King Lady Latin legend London Lord Lourdes Luke Luke's M. R. James Madonna Maria de Agreda Mariology marriage Mary Magdalene Mary's Matthew medieval mercy middle ages milk miracle moon mother mystery myth original Oxford painted paradise Paris Paul Pius Pope popular prayer Queen quoted Reformation relics Rome rosary Rutebeuf saints shrine sinners Song soul spirit story symbol temple Testament thou tion trans troubadour Verse virgin birth vision W. B. Yeats woman womb women York