| Description |
1 online resource (329 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture ; 4 |
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Routledge studies in medieval literature and culture ; 4.
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| Contents |
Cover; Mary Magdalene in Medieval Culture; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Table of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Where Sacred Meets Secular-The Many Conflicted Roles of Mary Magdalene; Part I Mary Magdalene's Roles in Development; 1 Apostle to the Apostles: The Complexity of Medieval Preaching about Mary Magdalene; 2 The Proto-Cistercian Office for Mary Magdalene and Its Changes in the Course of the Twelfth Century |
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3 The Invention and Development of the "Secular" Mary Magdalene in Late Renaissance Florentine PaintingPart II Mary Magdalene's Roles in Tension; 4 Mary Magdalene as a Model of Devotion, Penitence, and Authority in the Gospels of Henry the Lion and Matilda; 5 The Late-Medieval Mary Magdalene: Sacredness, Otherness, and Wildness; 6 Challenging Cluny in England?: Effacing the Priest in the Magdalene Liturgies at Lewes and Pontefract; Part III Mary Magdalene's Roles in Action; 7 From Apostola Apostolorum to Provençal Evangelist: On the Evolution of a Medieval Motif for Mary Magdalene |
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8 Mary Magdalene Converts Her Vanities through Song: Signs of Franciscan Spirituality and Preaching in Late-Medieval German Drama9 "I wolde I wer as worthy to ben sekyr of thy lofe as Mary Mawdelyn was": The Magdalene as an Authorizing Tool in the Book of Margery Kempe; Part IV Mary Magdalene's Proto-Feminist and Other Subversive Roles; 10 The Voice of the Heart in a Box in the Middle English Lamentation of Mary Magdalene; 11 "Now is aloft þat late was ondyr!": Enclosure, Liberation, and Spatial Semantics in the Digby Mary Magdalene Play |
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12 The Singing Prophetess: Mary of Magdala in J.S. Bach's St. Matthew PassionAfterword; Bibliographical Note; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
This innovative and multidisciplinary collection visits representations and interpretations of Mary Magdalene in the medieval and early modern periods, questioning major scholarly assumptions behind the examination of female saints and their depictions in medieval artworks, literature, and music. Mary Magdalene's many and various characterizations from reformed prostitute to conversion-figure to devotee of Christ to ""apostle to the apostles"" to spiritual advisor to the Prince of Marseilles to hermit in the desert, to list just a few examples, mean that the many conflicted representations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mary Magdalene, Saint -- In literature
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Mary Magdalene, Saint -- Art.
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| SUBJECT |
Mary Magdalene, Saint fast |
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Maria Magdalena Heilige, Biblische Person gnd |
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Maria Magdalena, helgon -- i litteraturen. sao |
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Maria Magdalena, helgon -- i konsten. sao |
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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Literature
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Kultur
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| Genre/Form |
Art
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Waugh, Robin
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| ISBN |
9781135081928 |
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1135081921 |
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9781135081911 |
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1135081913 |
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1306539013 |
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9781306539012 |
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9780203068106 |
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0203068106 |
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