Medievalists.net » The Mediatrix http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:51:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 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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