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.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2023
Copyrightjahr
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-64189-456-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-078-7
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Early Social Performance
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
248
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Contents Kein Zugriff
List of Illustrations Kein Zugriff
Preface Kein Zugriff
Introduction. The Suffering of the Virgin Mary as an Inner Drama Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 28
Chapter One. Marian Lament and Medieval Piety Kein Zugriff Seiten 29 - 74
Chapter Two. Genre, Mediality and Aesthetics Kein Zugriff Seiten 75 - 132
Chapter Three. Modes of Performance Kein Zugriff Seiten 133 - 168
Chapter Four. Bohemian Laments: Feeling Like a Woman, Thinking Like a Man. Or Not? Kein Zugriff Seiten 169 - 198
Appendix: Bohemian Marian Laments — Excerpts Kein Zugriff Seiten 199 - 234
