Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryShows how the figure of Mary has shaped and been shaped by changing social and historical circumstances and why for all their beauty and power,the legends of Mary have condemned real women to perpetual inferiority. |
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Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 3 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
SECOND EVE | 50 |
VIRGINS AND MARTYRS | 68 |
Part Two QUEEN | 79 |
THE ASSUMPTION 88888 | 81 |
MARIA REGINA | 103 |
THE MILK OF PARADISE | 192 |
MATER DOLOROSA | 206 |
THE PENITENT WHORE | 224 |
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION | 236 |
THE MOON AND THE STARS | 255 |
GROWTH IN EVERY THING | 273 |
ICONS AND RELICS | 285 |
VISIONS THE ROSARY AND WAR | 299 |
Part Three BRIDE | 119 |
THE SONG OF SONGS | 121 |
TROUBADOURS | 134 |
IO MADONNA | 149 |
DANTE BEATRICE AND THE VIRGIN MARY | 160 |
Part Four MOTHER | 175 |
LET IT BE | 177 |
THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH 375 | 306 |
EPILOGUE | 333 |
St Lukes Magnificat | 342 |
Notes | 365 |
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