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Would 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.

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A 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 Contents
List 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 XII
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Scriptural Citations
Index of Manuscripts Cited
General Index

Mary and the Art of Prayer The Hours of the

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      Publisher Columbia University Press
      Published 21 November 2017
      ISBN-13 9780231181686
      978-0231181686
      ISBN-10 023118168X
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      Religion and beliefs Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Would 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 Review
      A 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 Contents
      List 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 XII
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index of Scriptural Citations
      Index of Manuscripts Cited
      General Index

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