The Quest for the Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages / / Mary Dzon.
Beginning in the twelfth century, clergy and laity alike started wondering with intensity about the historical and developmental details of Jesus' early life. Was the Christ Child like other children, whose characteristics and capabilities depended on their age? Was he sweet and tender, or form...
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Dzon, Mary, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Quest for the Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages / Mary Dzon. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (424 p.) : 24 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Middle Ages Series Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Recovering Christ- Child Images -- Chapter 2. Th e Christ Child in Two Treatises of Aelred of Rievaulx and in Early Franciscan Sources -- Chapter 3. Aquinas and the Apocryphal Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages -- Chapter 4. A Maternal View of Christ’s Childhood in the Writings of Birgitta of Sweden -- Chapter 5. Conclusion: Th e Yearning of the Quest -- Appendix: Summary of William Caxton’s Infantia salvatoris (c. 1477) -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Beginning in the twelfth century, clergy and laity alike started wondering with intensity about the historical and developmental details of Jesus' early life. Was the Christ Child like other children, whose characteristics and capabilities depended on their age? Was he sweet and tender, or formidable and powerful? Not finding sufficient information in the Gospels, which are almost completely silent about Jesus' childhood, medieval Christians turned to centuries-old apocryphal texts for answers.In The Quest for the Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages, Mary Dzon demonstrates how these apocryphal legends fostered a vibrant and creative medieval piety. Popular tales about the Christ Child entertained the laity and at the same time were reviled by some members of the intellectual elite of the church. In either case, such legends, so persistent, left their mark on theological, devotional, and literary texts. The Cistercian abbot Aelred of Rievaulx urged his monastic readers to imitate the Christ Child's development through spiritual growth; Francis of Assisi encouraged his followers to emulate the Christ Child's poverty and rusticity; Thomas Aquinas, for his part, believed that apocryphal stories about the Christ Child would encourage youths to be presumptuous, while Birgitta of Sweden provided pious alternatives in her many Marian revelations. Through close readings of such writings, Dzon explores the continued transmission and appeal of apocryphal legends throughout the Middle Ages and demonstrates the significant impact that the Christ Child had in shaping the medieval religious imagination. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) Civilization, Medieval. Religious thought Middle Ages, 600-1500. RELIGION / Christianity / History. bisacsh Literature. Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Religion. Religious Studies. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017 9783110540550 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017 9783110625264 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Theology, Relig. Studies, Jewish Studies 2017 9783110548259 ZDB-23-DGF Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 9783110550306 print 9780812248845 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812293708 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812293708 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812293708/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Recovering Christ- Child Images -- Chapter 2. Th e Christ Child in Two Treatises of Aelred of Rievaulx and in Early Franciscan Sources -- Chapter 3. Aquinas and the Apocryphal Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages -- Chapter 4. A Maternal View of Christ’s Childhood in the Writings of Birgitta of Sweden -- Chapter 5. Conclusion: Th e Yearning of the Quest -- Appendix: Summary of William Caxton’s Infantia salvatoris (c. 1477) -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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