THE CULT OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN EARLY MODERN GERMANY by Dr. Bridget Heal ( 9780521871037 )

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Title:

THE CULT OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN EARLY MODERN GERMANY
PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC PIETY, 1500-1648

By:

Dr. Bridget Heal

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0521871034

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9780521871037

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 November, 2007

Series:

Past and Present Publications

Pages:

358

Description:

An interdisciplinary study of the changing attitudes to Mary as a religious symbol in post-Reformation Germany.

Synopsis:

What happened to the fervent Marian piety of the late Middle Ages during Germany's Reformation and Counter-Reformation? It has been widely assumed that Mary disappeared from Protestant devotional life and subsequently became a figurehead for the Catholic Church's campaign of religious reconquest. This book presents a more finely nuanced account of the Virgin's significance. In many Lutheran territories Marian liturgy and images - from magnificent altarpieces to simple paintings and prints - survived, though their meaning was transformed. In Catholic areas baroque art and piety flourished, but the militant Virgin associated with the Counter-Reformation did not always dominate religious devotion. Traditional manifestations of Marian veneration persisted, despite the post-Tridentine Church's attempts to dictate a uniform style of religious life. This book demonstrates that local context played a key role in shaping Marian piety, and explores the significance of this diversity of Marian practice for women's and men's experiences of religious change.

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64 b/w illus.

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Cambridge University Press

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