The Virgin of Chartres
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The Virgin of Chartres

Making History through Liturgy and the Arts

  1. 608 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Virgin of Chartres

Making History through Liturgy and the Arts

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments: À la recherche du temps perdu
  4. Part One: Mary before Fulbert
  5. 1. Chartres in Early Histories and Legends
  6. 2. War and Peace in the Mid-Tenth Century
  7. Part Two: Mary’s Time From Advent to the Nativity of the Virgin at Chartres
  8. 3. Adventus and Advent: History and Lineage in the Latin Rite
  9. 4. Trauma and the Remedies of History
  10. 5. The Virgin in the Second Half of the Eleventh Century: Fulbert Becomes a Liturgist
  11. Part Three: Politics and Religious Fervor in Twelfth-Century Chartres
  12. 6. New Modes of Seeing: Ideals of Reform in the Early Twelfth Century
  13. 7. Intrigue, Fervor, and the Building of Churches
  14. 8. The Campaign at Midcentury: Bishops, Dignitaries, and Canons
  15. Part Four: History Revealed The Cult of the Virgin and the Visual Arts in the Mid-Twelfth Century
  16. 9. The Virgin and the Tabernacle
  17. 10. Adventus and Lineage: The Meanings of the Jamb Statues
  18. 11. Reality and Prophecy: Exegetical Narrative in the West Façade
  19. 12. History Retold: From the West Lancets to the Afterlife of the Cult
  20. Appendixes
  21. Abbreviations
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography