Medieval laments of the Virgin Mary : text, music, performance, and genre liminality / by Eliška Kubartová Poláčková.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kubartová, Eliška, author.

Series:

Early social performance.

Early social performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Songs and music.

Mary.

Music--500-1400--History and criticism.

Music.

Civilization, Medieval.

Laments--History and criticism.

Laments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2023.

Summary:

Laments of the Virgin Mary represent a devotional genre that offered its clerical and lay audiences of the High and Late Middle Ages a deeply inspiring, yet at the same time ambiguous, religious experience. Through the deeply emotional and markedly animated representation of the Passion, seen as if through the eyes of the mother of God, audiences and performers were not only reminded of the redemptive power of the Cross, but encouraged to experience Christ's sacrifice in a more personal and intimate manner. In the pious practice of imitatio Mariae, believers mirrored the sorrow of the mother through their own bodies in order to develop a kind of visceral empathy towards, and hence a deeper understanding of, the divine.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List Of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Jan 2024).

ISBN:

9781802700787

1802700781

OCLC:

1379432524