God and the Goddesses : : Vision, Poetry, and Belief in the Middle Ages /

God and the Goddesses : : Vision, Poetry, and Belief in the Middle Ages / / Barbara Newman.

Contrary to popular belief, the medieval religious imagination did not restrict itself to masculine images of God but envisaged the divine in multiple forms. In fact, the God of medieval Christendom was the Father of only one Son but many daughters-including Lady Philosophy, Lady Love, Dame Nature,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Newman, Barbara,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©2003
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (464 p.) :; 49 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • I. God and the Goddesses
  • 2. Natura (I): Nature and Nature's God
  • 3. Natura (II): Goddess of the Normative
  • 4. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
  • 5. Sapientia: The Goddess Incarnate
  • 6. Maria: Holy Trinity as Holy Family
  • 7. Goddesses and the One God
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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