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The serpent and the rose : the Immaculate Conception and Hispanic poetry in the late medieval period /
"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 poetr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Colección: | Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ;
v. 132. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 309 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-293) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047433200 9047433203 1283060779 9781283060776 |
| ISSN: | 1573-4188 ; |