Title: Interpreting cultural symbols
Description: This richly illustrated collection of essays is the first interpretive study of Saint Anne--the apocryphal mother of the Virgin--in late medieval culture. This book examines the myriad images of Saint Anne from a variety of sources including folklore, drama, ritual, the visual arts, local and political history, hagiographic narrative, and theology. As a symbol of immense authority, Saint Anne provides valuable access to this historically specific culture.
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism, Church history, Religious life and customs, Religious life, Social history, Cult, Women, History, Cults, Medieval, Heiligenverehrung, Heiligenverering, Middle Ages, Aufsatzsammlung
Places: Europe
People: Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint
Time periods: 600-1500, Medieval, 500-1500, Middle Ages, 500-1500, Middle Ages, 600-1500