Medievalists.net » Mary Magdalene http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Books of Art: 20 Medieval and Renaissance Women Reading http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/12/books-of-art-20-medieval-and-renaissance-women-reading/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/12/books-of-art-20-medieval-and-renaissance-women-reading/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:55:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57552 I love to read. I also love books depicted in art. I became fascinated with Medieval and Renaissance pictures of women reading or with books. I noticed while I was walking around the National Gallery, Musèe Cluny and the Louvre recently that there are many beautiful images of women reading or with books. Saints, sinners, and laywomen; I wanted to share a few of my favourites. Here are 20 works of art of women and their books

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/12/books-of-art-20-medieval-and-renaissance-women-reading/feed/ 0 Mary Magdalene, Partner or Prostitute: An in-depth study of the transformation of Mary Magdalene in church history http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/15/mary-magdalene-partner-or-prostitute-an-in-depth-study-of-the-transformation-of-mary-magdalene-in-church-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/15/mary-magdalene-partner-or-prostitute-an-in-depth-study-of-the-transformation-of-mary-magdalene-in-church-history/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:07:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44905 I will examine current popular fictional and non-fictional works that assert the resurrection of Mary Magdalene, her position in the Christian story and her authority.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/15/mary-magdalene-partner-or-prostitute-an-in-depth-study-of-the-transformation-of-mary-magdalene-in-church-history/feed/ 0 “One Woman with Many Faces”: Imaginings of Mary Magdalen in Medieval and Contemporary Texts http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/one-woman-with-many-faces-imaginings-of-mary-magdalen-in-medieval-and-contemporary-texts/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/one-woman-with-many-faces-imaginings-of-mary-magdalen-in-medieval-and-contemporary-texts/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:12:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40191 This project explores these contradictory and myriad imaginings of Mary Magdalen, emphasizing particularly the connections to be made between those emerging from the later Middle Ages and in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/one-woman-with-many-faces-imaginings-of-mary-magdalen-in-medieval-and-contemporary-texts/feed/ 0 Dancing Devils and Singing Angels: Dance Scenes in German Religious Plays http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/26/dancing-devils-and-singing-angels-dance-scenes-in-german-religious-plays/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/26/dancing-devils-and-singing-angels-dance-scenes-in-german-religious-plays/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:55:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38232 The early Church had a mostly critical attitude towards the dance. It was said that those who dance cherish heathen godheads and that they allow their bodies rule over their minds. Repeatedly, the synods prohibited religious dances and/or dances within churches.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/26/dancing-devils-and-singing-angels-dance-scenes-in-german-religious-plays/feed/ 0 Holy Harlots: Prostitute Saints in Medieval Legend http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/07/holy-harlots-prostitute-saints-in-medieval-legend/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/07/holy-harlots-prostitute-saints-in-medieval-legend/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:01:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34582 The prime example of the prostitute saint was Mary Magadelen, probably the most popular saint (after the Virgin Mary) in all of medieval Europe.

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