Devotion to St. Anne in Texts and Images [electronic resource] : From Byzantium to the Late European Middle Ages /
Ene D-Vasilescu, Elena.editor.
St. Anne was popular with representatives of various segments of society - from monks, nuns, members of the clergy, royal patrons, to church-goers of every rank. This book looks into both the public and private worship of this holy woman and brings to the surface some under-exposed aspects of St. Anne's cult. It does so through the examination of manuscripts, monumental art, relics, sculpture, and texts of various genres. The contributors employ a historical as well as a theological perspective on how the cult of St. Anne (sometimes also with glimpses concerning that of Joachim) established itself; referring to areas in Europe which are not frequently discussed in English-language scholarship. This new contribution to the field of hagiography will be of interest to academics from a variety of research fields, including theologians, Byzantinists, art and church historians, and historians of a larger scope. .
Chapter 1: The lives of Joachim and Anna depicted in the Church of Humor Monastery, Moldavia (Romania); Adriana Balaban Bara -- Chapter 2: The pleasure of child nursing: St. Anna and the infant Mary in texts and Byzantine art; Elena Ene D-Vasilescu -- Chapter 3: The reception of Saint Anne's cult in Hungarian ecclesiastical environment: her legend in codices; Emoke Nagy -- Chapter 4: The Education of the Virgin: an alternative suggestion concerning its origins; Virginia Nixon.
St. Anne was popular with representatives of various segments of society - from monks, nuns, members of the clergy, royal patrons, to church-goers of every rank. This book looks into both the public and private worship of this holy woman and brings to the surface some under-exposed aspects of St. Anne's cult. It does so through the examination of manuscripts, monumental art, relics, sculpture, and texts of various genres. The contributors employ a historical as well as a theological perspective on how the cult of St. Anne (sometimes also with glimpses concerning that of Joachim) established itself; referring to areas in Europe which are not frequently discussed in English-language scholarship. This new contribution to the field of hagiography will be of interest to academics from a variety of research fields, including theologians, Byzantinists, art and church historians, and historians of a larger scope. .
Europe-History-476-1492.
Religion-History.
Civilization-History.
Theology.
Sociology.
Gender identity-Religious aspect.
History of Medieval Europe.
History of Religion.
Cultural History.
Christian Theology.
Gender Studies.
Religion and Gender.