Who Is Mary? - Three Early Modern Women on the Idea of the Virgin Mary

Zusammenfassung For women of the Italian Renaissance, the Virgin Mary was one of the most important role models. This book testifies to the emotional and spiritual relationships that women had with the figure of Mary, whom they were required to emulate as the epitome of femininity.

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• Authors: Vittoria Colonna, Vittoria Matraini Colonna, Vittoria/ Matraini Colonna, COLONNA VITTORIA MATRAINI CHIARA, Lucrezia Marinella, Chiara Matraini
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.07.2009
• EAN: 9780226113982
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11398-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe; Other Voice in Early Modern Eu; Other Voice in Early Modern Eu
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity