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- catalog abstract ""Stories of the Rose presents a compelling and readable history of the rosary in its formative years. It explores the many spiritual, literary, and artistic dimensions of the rosary and explains how and why it became so popular on the eve of the Protestant Reformation.". "In its most basic form, the rosary is a series of prayers and meditations designed to bring the worshiper closer to God through the Virgin Mary. But, as Anne Winston-Allen shows, there was no single text of the rosary prayer: different versions, some in German and some in Latin, evolved over the course of the late Middle Ages as communities of believers experimented with their own forms. She also finds that rosary prayers were influenced by secular, even courtly literature that used images of the rose and rose garden; in the rosary, Mary is the Mystical Rose.". "She finds that the rosary was particularly suited to the needs of lay faithful, providing spiritual help that could be mediated by associations of laypersons and dispensed outside the corporate liturgical offices of the church. In an age when religious piety was bursting beyond the traditional bounds of church and monastery, the rosary became a "layperson's breviary" or a "common man's hours." Stories of the Rose elegantly shows us how a religious practice such as the rosary, whose form may seem fixed, actually grew and changed gradually in response to the very people who were practicing it. In this, it shows the great vitality that existed in personal religious devotion on the eve of the Reformation and also helps to explain the continuing appeal of the rosary in the present day."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b10233874.
- catalog coverage "Cologne (Germany) Religious life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""In its most basic form, the rosary is a series of prayers and meditations designed to bring the worshiper closer to God through the Virgin Mary. But, as Anne Winston-Allen shows, there was no single text of the rosary prayer: different versions, some in German and some in Latin, evolved over the course of the late Middle Ages as communities of believers experimented with their own forms. She also finds that rosary prayers were influenced by secular, even courtly literature that used images of the rose and rose garden; in the rosary, Mary is the Mystical Rose.".".
- catalog description ""She finds that the rosary was particularly suited to the needs of lay faithful, providing spiritual help that could be mediated by associations of laypersons and dispensed outside the corporate liturgical offices of the church. In an age when religious piety was bursting beyond the traditional bounds of church and monastery, the rosary became a "layperson's breviary" or a "common man's hours." Stories of the Rose elegantly shows us how a religious practice such as the rosary, whose form may seem fixed, actually grew and changed gradually in response to the very people who were practicing it.".
- catalog description ""Stories of the Rose presents a compelling and readable history of the rosary in its formative years. It explores the many spiritual, literary, and artistic dimensions of the rosary and explains how and why it became so popular on the eve of the Protestant Reformation.".".
- catalog description "1. Early rosaries -- 2. The picture text and its "readers" -- 3. One for sorrow, two for joy : confraternity writings, the fifteen mysteries, and the observant reform -- 4. Secular love gardens, Marian iconography, and the names of the rose -- 5. Popular promotion and reception -- 6. Rosaries and the language of spirituality".
- catalog description "In this, it shows the great vitality that existed in personal religious devotion on the eve of the Reformation and also helps to explain the continuing appeal of the rosary in the present day."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-205) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 210 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0271016310 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "University Park, Penn. : Pennsylvania State University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Cologne (Germany) Religious life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Germany Cologne.".
- catalog subject "242/.74 20".
- catalog subject "BX2163 .W55 1997".
- catalog subject "Confraternities Germany Cologne.".
- catalog subject "Rosary History.".
- catalog subject "Spirituality Christianity History Middle Ages, 600-1500.".
- catalog subject "Spirituality History Middle Ages, 600-1500.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Early rosaries -- 2. The picture text and its "readers" -- 3. One for sorrow, two for joy : confraternity writings, the fifteen mysteries, and the observant reform -- 4. Secular love gardens, Marian iconography, and the names of the rose -- 5. Popular promotion and reception -- 6. Rosaries and the language of spirituality".
- catalog title "Stories of the rose : the making of the rosary in the Middle Ages / Anne Winston-Allen.".
- catalog type "text".