1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458899803321

Autore

Twomey Lesley K

Titolo

The serpent and the rose [[electronic resource] ] : the Immaculate Conception and Hispanic poetry in the late medieval period / / by Lesley K. Twomey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-283-06077-9

9786613060778

90-474-3320-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, , 1573-4188 ; ; v. 132

Disciplina

861/.10938232911

Soggetti

Spanish poetry - To 1500 - History and criticism

Christian poetry, Spanish - History and criticism

Immaculate Conception in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conception liturgies : in praise of the rose -- Good and evil : theological debate about Mary -- "Discordans d'opinió" :  literary discord in Spain  -- The serpent crushed -- The Immaculate Virgin : matchless maiden -- The rose-garden : beauty and purity -- The rose : perfect from the beginning of time -- The new Eve -- The Virgin Mary and the kiss : apocryphal birth -- Narratives and the Immaculate Conception.

Sommario/riassunto

The Serpent and the Rose examines the theological and liturgical context for the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception in the Middle Ages, from primary sources in Iberian archives. Its main focus is a study of Marian poetry from Alfonso the Wise and Gonzalo de Berceo through to the poetry collections of the late fifteenth century, showing how poets took themes from the Bible and apocryphal literature, combining them to defend and praise Mary’s conception without sin. Individual chapters assess how they depicted Mary’s prefiguration in the Old Testament by the Woman who defeated the serpent, the young bride of the Song of Songs , or the semi-deity, Wisdom, how they



portray her as the mystic rose and as the new Eve.