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Mother of God : a history of the Virgin Mary / Miri Rubin.

by Rubin, Miri, 1956-

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Yale University Press, 2009.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.

Christian saints -- Biography.

xxvi, 532 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-509) and index.

Earliest glimpses of Mary -- Mary in a Christian empire -- Versions of Mary -- Mary of the imperial state -- Mary of the Christian empire -- Beyond the Greek world -- The emergence of European Mary -- Mary of the cloister -- Mary of polemic and encounter -- Abundance and ubiquity -- Mary in liturgy, song, and prayer -- Mary, the friars, and the mother tongue -- Teaching Mary in parish and home -- Mary's miracles as reward and as punishment -- Mary at the foot of the cross -- Mary and women, Mary and men -- Mary the sublime -- Mary: unlike any other -- Mary of parish practice and family life -- Mary: a world of devotional possibilities -- Mary of reform and reformation -- From Europe to the rest of the world -- Mary in a world of neighbouring diversity -- After Mary : a conclusion.

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