Description
Book SynopsisWould you like to learn to pray like a medieval Christian? Rachel Fulton Brown traces the history of the medieval practice of praising
Mary through the complex of prayers known as the Hours of the Virgin.
Mary and the Art of Prayer asks readers to immerse themselves in the experience of believing in and praying to Mary.
Trade ReviewA remarkable intellectual exploration fueled by a personal passion. -- Ann Astell, University of Notre Dame One of the most beautiful, well argued, and exciting pieces of Marian scholarship that I have read. -- Sarah Jane Boss, director of the Centre for Marian Studies
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Notes to the Reader
Invitatory
1. The Hours of the Virgin
2. Ave Maria
3. Antiphon and Psalm
4. Lesson and Response
5. Prayer
Compline: Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda and the Mystical City of God
Appendix: Handlist of Manuscripts and Printed Editions of Richard of Saint-Laurent’s
De laudibus beatae Mariae virginis libri XIINotes
Bibliography
Index of Scriptural Citations
Index of Manuscripts Cited
General Index
