Medievalists.net » Marian Devotion http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Emperor Zar’a Ya’eqob (1434-68) And The Christianization Of Medieval Ethiopia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/20/emperor-zara-yaeqob-1434-68-christianization-medieval-ethiopia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/20/emperor-zara-yaeqob-1434-68-christianization-medieval-ethiopia/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:52:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54250 One of the most important figures in Ethiopian Christianity was the 15th century Emperor Zar’a Ya’eqob.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/20/emperor-zara-yaeqob-1434-68-christianization-medieval-ethiopia/feed/ 0 Rethinking medieval spaces in digital environments http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/21/rethinking-medieval-spaces-digital-environments/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/21/rethinking-medieval-spaces-digital-environments/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2014 03:32:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52033 Many digital websites and archives of medieval spaces and its objects are not only informed by what we might call a post-romantic notion of aesthetics, they also excise crucial dimensions of medieval materiality and performativity such as touch, smell, movement and sound.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/21/rethinking-medieval-spaces-digital-environments/feed/ 0 Looking in the Past for a Discourse of Motherhood: Birgitta of Sweden and Julia Kristeva http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/looking-in-the-past-for-a-discourse-of-motherhood-birgitta-of-sweden-and-julia-kristeva/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/looking-in-the-past-for-a-discourse-of-motherhood-birgitta-of-sweden-and-julia-kristeva/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:16:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46603 This essay explores two parallel trajectories of mythic retrospection: medieval “myths” of the Biblical past (like Birgitta’s prophetic visions), and modern “myths” of the medieval past (like Kristeva’s survey).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/12/looking-in-the-past-for-a-discourse-of-motherhood-birgitta-of-sweden-and-julia-kristeva/feed/ 0 Maria Mediatrix: Mediating the Divine in the Devotional Literature of Late Medieval and Early Modern England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/01/maria-mediatrix-mediating-the-divine-in-the-devotional-literature-of-late-medieval-and-early-modern-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/01/maria-mediatrix-mediating-the-divine-in-the-devotional-literature-of-late-medieval-and-early-modern-england/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 2014 19:19:31 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46249 In medieval theology, Mary‘s body, as the physical site of the Incarnation, provided an opportunity for speculation about the relationship between divinity and humanity...An examination of how Marian imagery is used as a rhetorical and meditative device in devotional texts will shed light on the way the relationship between human body and divine spirit was experienced.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/01/maria-mediatrix-mediating-the-divine-in-the-devotional-literature-of-late-medieval-and-early-modern-england/feed/ 0 “Becoming Mary of the Gael” http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/19/becoming-mary-of-the-gael/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/19/becoming-mary-of-the-gael/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:44:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40622 This paper focused on the comparison of St. Brigit and the Virgin Mary in early Irish texts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/19/becoming-mary-of-the-gael/feed/ 0 The Virgin Mary in High Medieval England, A Divinely Malleable Woman: Virgin, Intercessor, Protector, Mother, Role Model http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/the-virgin-mary-in-high-medieval-england-a-divinely-malleable-woman-virgin-intercessor-protector-mother-role-model/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/the-virgin-mary-in-high-medieval-england-a-divinely-malleable-woman-virgin-intercessor-protector-mother-role-model/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40181 This thesis examines the significance of the Virgin Mary in England between the late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century. The primary sources selected indicate the variety of ideas circulating about her during this period. Strictly religious texts such as the Bible and early Christian writings ground Late Medieval beliefs about Mary in their historical context.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/the-virgin-mary-in-high-medieval-england-a-divinely-malleable-woman-virgin-intercessor-protector-mother-role-model/feed/ 0 Mary and the Jews in Anglo-Norman Monastic Culture http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/mary-and-the-jews-in-anglo-norman-monastic-culture/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/mary-and-the-jews-in-anglo-norman-monastic-culture/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:37:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33816 This thesis looks at the ways in which Benedictine monks contributed to the fashioning of images of Jews in sources related to the Marian cult in the post-Conquest period, 1066-1154.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/mary-and-the-jews-in-anglo-norman-monastic-culture/feed/ 0 Eve and Her Daughters: Eve, Mary, the Virgin, and the Lintel Fragment at Autun http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/28/eve-and-her-daughters-eve-mary-the-virgin-and-the-lintel-fragment-at-autun/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/28/eve-and-her-daughters-eve-mary-the-virgin-and-the-lintel-fragment-at-autun/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:06:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33265 The lintel fragment of Eve from the Cathedral of St. Lazaire at Autun (Figure 1) has been praised by art historians as one of the greatest monumental figural works of the Romanesque period.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/28/eve-and-her-daughters-eve-mary-the-virgin-and-the-lintel-fragment-at-autun/feed/ 0 Cistercian Spirituality and Emergence of the Coronation of the Virgin in the Late Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/29/cistercian-spirituality-and-emergence-of-the-coronation-of-the-virgin-in-the-late-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/29/cistercian-spirituality-and-emergence-of-the-coronation-of-the-virgin-in-the-late-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:17:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31377 Along with the popular devotion to the Virgin Mary, the theme of the 'Coronation of the Virgin' acquired high popularity through the artistic representation of the Virgin.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/29/cistercian-spirituality-and-emergence-of-the-coronation-of-the-virgin-in-the-late-middle-ages/feed/ 0 The Thread of Life in the Hand of the Virgin http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/22/the-thread-of-life-in-the-hand-of-the-virgin/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/22/the-thread-of-life-in-the-hand-of-the-virgin/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:26:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30391 The motif of the Virgin at the loom occurred with frequency in Western art only after the Feast of the Presentation of the Virgin (celebrated by the Byzantine Church on November 21 from the seventh or eighth century onward) was introduced into the West in 1372.

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