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Book SynopsisThis volume offers a sample of the many ways that medieval Franciscans wrote, represented in art, and preached about the ‘model of models’ of the medieval religious experience, the Virgin Mary. This is an extremely valuable collection of essays that highlight the significant role the Franciscans played in developing Mariology in the Middle Ages. Beginning with Francis, Clare, and Anthony, a number of significant theologians, spiritual writers, preachers, and artists are presented in their attempt to capture the significance and meaning of the Virgin Mary in the context of the late Middle Ages within the Franciscan movement. Contributors are Luciano Bertazzo, Michael W. Blastic, Rachel Fulton Brown, Leah Marie Buturain, Marzia Ceschia, Holly Flora, Alessia Francone, J. Isaac Goff, Darrelyn Gunzburg, Mary Beth Ingham, Christiaan Kappes, Steven J. McMichael, Pacelli Millane, Kimberly Rivers, Filippo Sedda, and Christopher J. Shorrock.
Trade Review"Si può dire che questo volume rappresenta una buona raccolta che segnala la documentazione critica su alcuni autori francescani medioevali che trattano della Vergine maria. Ciò è corredato da una estesa bibliografia (441-53) utile per una visione generale delle diverse produzioni letterarie in ambito francescano e non solo". Stefano Cecchin, in Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, June 2020.
Table of Contents List of Figures Notes on Contributors Part 1: The Foundations of Franciscan Marian Reflection: Francis, Clare, and Anthony 1 The Virgin Mary in the Writings of Francis and Clare of Assisi Michael W. Blastic 2 Maria Oliva Benedicta: A Reflection on the Mariology of Anthony of Padua/Lisbon Luciano Bertazzo Part 2: The Virgin Mary in Medieval Franciscan Theology 3 Mulier Amicta Sole: Bonaventure’s Preaching on the Marian Mode of the Incarnation and Marian Mediation in His Sermons on the Annunciation J. Isaac Goff 4 The Mariology of Conrad of Saxony (d. 1279) as Presented in His Speculum Beatae Maria Virginis Christopher Shorrock 5 Mary and the Body of God: Servasanctus of Faenza and the Psalter of Creation Rachel Fulton Brown 6 Marian Devotion in Saint Angela of Foligno (1248–1309), Tertiary and Franciscan Mystic Marzia Ceschia 7 ‘Fired France for Mary without Spot’: John Duns Scotus and the Immaculate Conception Mary Beth Ingham 8 Francis of Meyronnes and the Immaculate Conception Christiaan Kappes Part 3: The Virgin Mary in Medieval Vita Christi Tradition 9 ‘Beholding’ the Virgin Mary in Imitatio Mariae: Meditationes vitae Christi’s Spiritual Exercises for Sacramental Seeing of the Annunciation Leah Marie Buturain 10 A Medieval Franciscan Meditation on the Mother of Jesus Pacelli Millane, OSC Part 4: The Virgin Mary in Medieval Art 11 Cimabue’s Santa Maria degli Angeli at Assisi Holly Flora 12 Reflecting on Mary: The Splendor of the Madonna in the Lower Church of Assisi Darrelyn Gunzburg Part 5: The Virgin Mary in Medieval Franciscan Preaching 13 The Virgin Mary in Latin and German Sermons of Berthold of Regensburg Alessia Francone 14 The Virgin Mary is Taken to the Throne of God: The Assumption of Mary in the Sermons of Bernardino da Siena Steven J. McMichael 15 The Book, the Song, and the Letter: Preaching Mary in Two Sermons by the Franciscan Johannes Sintram (d. 1450) Kimberly Rivers 16 John of Capistrano and the Virgin Mary: Preliminary Research on the Marian Sermons Filippo Sedda Bibliography Index
