The Serpent and the Rose: The Immaculate Conception and Hispanic Poetry in the Late Medieval Period

The Serpent and the Rose: The Immaculate Conception and Hispanic Poetry in the Late Medieval Period
ISBN-10
9047433203
ISBN-13
9789047433200
Category
History
Pages
330
Language
English
Published
2008-06-03
Publisher
BRILL
Author
Lesley K. Twomey

Description

Drawing on scholastic defence of the Immaculate Conception and on liturgies in medieval Iberia, this book examines how poets took apocryphal stories and biblical figures, like Eve confronting the serpent, to express how Mary was preserved from original sin.

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