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Author Twomey, Lesley K

Title The serpent and the rose : the Immaculate Conception and Hispanic poetry in the late medieval period / by Lesley K. Twomey
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 309 pages)
Series Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 132
Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 132.
Contents Conception liturgies : in praise of the rose -- Good and evil : theological debate about Mary -- "Discordans d'opinió" : literary discord in Spain -- The serpent crushed -- The Immaculate Virgin : matchless maiden -- The rose-garden : beauty and purity -- The rose : perfect from the beginning of time -- The new Eve -- The Virgin Mary and the kiss : apocryphal birth -- Narratives and the Immaculate Conception
Summary "The Serpent and the Rose" examines the theological and liturgical context for the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception in the Middle Ages, from primary sources in Iberian archives. Its main focus is a study of Marian poetry from Alfonso the Wise and Gonzalo de Berceo through to the poetry collections of the late fifteenth century, showing how poets took themes from the Bible and apocryphal literature, combining them to defend and praise Mary's conception without sin. Individual chapters assess how they depicted Mary's prefiguration in the Old Testament by the Woman who defeated the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-293) and index
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Subject Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- In literature
SUBJECT Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint fast
Jean de Meung -1305 Roman de la rose gnd
Maria, Jesu moder -- i litteraturen. sao
Maria, Jesu moder -- poesi. sao
Guillaume <de Lorris> swd
Roman de la rose. swd
Subject Spanish poetry -- To 1500 -- History and criticism
Christian poetry, Spanish -- History and criticism
Immaculate Conception -- In literature
POETRY -- Continental European.
Christian poetry, Spanish
Literature
Spanish poetry
Jungfräulichkeit Motiv
Literatur
Mittelalter
Schlangen Motiv
Spanisch
Unbefleckte Empfängnis Motiv
Unbefleckte Empfängnis
Lyrik
Spansk poesi -- historia -- medeltiden.
Obefläckade avlelsen i litteraturen.
Spanien
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047433200
9047433203
1283060779
9781283060776