Mary's mother : Saint Anne in late medieval Europe - Nixon, Virginia, 1939- (University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-210) and index.
Keywords: Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), -- Saint -- Cult -- Germany -- History; Germany -- Religious life and customs