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1 online resource (xiii, 389 pages) : illustrations |
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ATLA Special Series
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Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; A NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION, AND NAMES; Introduction; ONE In Memory of Her: From History to Legend; PART I: THE MENDICANT MAGDALEN; TWO The Vita Apostolica; THREE The Vita Activa; FOUR The Vita Contemplativa; PART II: THE WAGES OF SIN; FIVE Vanity of Vanities, All Is Vanity -- SIX There Was a Sinner in the City -- PART III: DO PENANCE; SEVEN The Exemplar of Perfect Penance; PART IV: RESPONSES; EIGHT Responses to the Scriptural Saint; NINE Responses to the Legendary Saint |
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TEN In the Shadow of the VirginELEVEN The House of Anjou: A Royal Response; EPILOGUE ""In Memory of Her"": From Legend to History; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED; Unpublished Primary Sources; Published Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; INDEX |
Summary |
"Best known during the Middle Ages as the prostitute who became a faithful follower of Christ, Mary Magdalen was the most beloved female saint after the Virgin Mary. Why the Magdalen became so popular, what meanings she conveyed, and how her story evolved over the centuries are the focus of this compelling exploration of late medieval religious culture." "Through the lens of medieval preaching, as well as the responses of those who heard the sermons preached, Katherine Jansen brings to light previously unpublished sermons to show how and why the mendicant friars transformed Mary Magdalen, a shadowy gospel figure, into an emblem of action and contemplation, a symbol of vanity and lust, a model of perfect penance, and the embodiment of hope and salvation. Jansen also draws on a variety of historical sources - from saints' lives to patronage patterns - to examine the laity's reception of the saint. She reveals that the laity's devotion to Mary Magdalen departed in significant ways from the friars' image of the saint, signaling a major development in popular religious practice and personal piety." "The making of the Magdalen will appeal to readers of medieval history and religion, to those with an interest in the study of women, sexuality, and gender, and to those who are interested in saints throughout the ages."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-370) and index |
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Mary Magdalene, Saint -- Cult -- Italy -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Mary Magdalene, Saint -- Cult -- France -- Provence -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Mary Magdalene, Saint fast |
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Preaching -- Italy -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Women in Christianity -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
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Preaching -- France -- Provence -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Women in Christianity -- France -- Provence -- History -- To 1500
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Spiritual life -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Sermons, Medieval -- France -- History and criticism
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Sermons, Medieval -- Italy -- History and criticism
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Christian hagiography -- History -- To 1500
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RELIGION -- History.
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Christian hagiography
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Cults
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Preaching -- Middle Ages
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Sermons, Medieval
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Women in Christianity
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Italy -- Church history.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068878
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Provence (France) -- Church history
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France
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France -- Provence
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Italy
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Church history
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0691089876 |
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9780691089874 |
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0691058504 |
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9780691058504 |
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