Mary's mother : Saint Anne in late medieval Europe / Virginia Nixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nixon, Virginia, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint--Cult--Germany--History.

Anne.

Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint.

Cults.

Germany.

History.

Germany--Religious life and customs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2004]

Contents:

The early history of the cult of Saint Anne

Changes in the late fifteenth century

Saint Anne and concepts of salvation in late medieval Germany

Salvational themes in the imagery of Saint Anne

Anne's promoters : why did they do it?

Economic factors and the cult of Saint Anne : Augsburg and Annaberg

Functions and perceptions : how people used images

Anne's decline

The images.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-210) and index.

ISBN:

0271024666

OCLC:

54029284