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  • The Quest for the Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages

    by Mary Dzon ...
    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    Beginning in the twelfth century, clergy and laity alike started wondering with intensity about the historical and developmental details of Jesus' early life. Was the Christ Child like other children, whose characteristics and capabilities depended on their age? Was he sweet and tender, or formidable and powerful? Not finding sufficient information in the Gospels, which are almost completely ... Read more

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  • The Quest for the Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages

    by Mary Dzon ...
    Series series The Middle Ages Series
    Beginning in the twelfth century, clergy and laity alike started wondering with intensity about the historical and developmental details of Jesus' early life. Was the Christ Child like other children, whose characteristics and capabilities depended on their age? Was he sweet and tender, or formidable and powerful? Not finding sufficient information in the Gospels, which are almost completely ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • The Christ Child in Medieval Culture

    Alpha es et O!

    by Mary Dzon, Theresa M. Kenney ...
    The cult of the Christ Child flourished in late medieval Europe across lay and religious, as well as geographic and cultural boundaries. Depictions of Christ's boyhood are found throughout popular culture, visual art, and literature. The Christ Child in Medieval Culture is the first interdisciplinary investigation of how representations of the Christ Child were conceptualized and employed in this ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

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    Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation

    by Robert Bartlett ...
    "An indispensable point of departure for anyone interested in the cult of the saints in the Middle Ages." —Eamon Duffy, The New York Review of BooksFrom its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints—the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days ... Read more

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  • The Templar Revelation

    Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ

    by Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince ...
    The most closely guarded secret of the western world is about to be revealed—and you will never see Christianity in the same light again.In a remarkable achievement of historical detective work that is destined to become a classic, authors Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince delve into the mysterious world of the Freemasons, the Cathars, the Knights Templar, and the occult to discover the truth behind ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Holy Blood, Holy Grail Illustrated Edition

    The Secret History of Jesus, the Shocking Legacy of the Grail

    by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Is the classic, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? The authors of The Messianic Legacy present a provocative and meticulously researched look at Christ and the history of Christianity, now featuring stunning illustrations and exclusive materials.“Enough to seriously challenge many traditional beliefs, if not alter them.”—Los Angeles Times Book ... Read more

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  • Spiritual Friendship

    by Aelred of Rievaulx ...
    Translated by Lawrence C. Braceland SJ ...
    Series Book 5 - Cistercian Fathers Series
    Spiritual Friendship is today the best known and perhaps most influential of the thirteen surviving works of Aelred, abbot of the great English Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147 '1167. During his abbacy he built Rievaulx into a place of spiritual welcome and physical prosperity, desiring to make it a mother of mercy" to those in need. In a three-book Ciceronian dialogue Aelred defines human ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Alone of All Her Sex

    The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary

    by Marina Warner ...
    This unique study of the cult of the Virgin Mary offers a way of thinking about the interrelations of Catholicism and ideas of ideal femininity over the longue duree. An ambitious history of the changing symbolism of the Mother of God, Alone of All Her Sex holds up to the light different emphases occurring at different times, and highlights that the apparent archetype of a magna mater is ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Proving Woman

    Female Spirituality and Inquisitional Culture in the Later Middle Ages

    by Dyan Elliott ...
    Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's most sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. Holy women's claims to be in direct communication with God placed them in positions of unprecedented influence. Yet by the end of the Middle Ages female mystics were frequently mistrusted, derided, and in danger of their lives. The witch hunts were just ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • An Introduction to the Medieval Bible

    by Frans van Liere ...
    Series series Introduction to Religion
    The Middle Ages spanned the period between two watersheds in the history of the biblical text: Jerome's Latin translation c.405 and Gutenberg's first printed version in 1455. The Bible was arguably the most influential book during this time, affecting spiritual and intellectual life, popular devotion, theology, political structures, art, and architecture. In an account that is sensitive to the ... Read more

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  • On the Song of Songs

    by Gregory the Great ...
    Translated by Mark DelCogliano ...
    Series Book 244 - Cistercian Studies Series
    Gregory the Great (+604) was a master of the art of exegesis. His interpretations are theologically profound, methodologically fascinating, and historically influential. Nowhere is this more clearly seen than in his exegesis of the Song of Songs. Gregory’s interpretation of this popular Old Testament book not only owes much to Christian exegetes who preceded him, such as Origen, but also ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • e-Pedia: Hildegard of Bingen

    Hildegard of Bingen, O.S.B

    by Wikipedia contributors ...
    Series series e-Pedia
    This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Hildegard of Bingen, O.S.B. (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary, and polymath. She is ... Read more

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