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Mary's mother :

Nixon, Virginia, 1939-

Mary's mother : Saint Anne in late medieval Europe / Virginia Nixon. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2004. - xiii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-210) and index.

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.

0271024666 (alk. paper)

2004000482


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


Germany--Religious life and customs.

BT685 / .N59 2004

232.9/33

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