The Sacred Space of the Virgin Mary in Medieval Hispanic Literature from Gonzalo de Berceo to Ambrosio Montesino
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Sacred Spaces and Places: Constructing the Virgin Mary in Hispanic Literature
- Liturgy and Place
- 1 A Feast of Miracles: Foreign Places, Foreign Spaces in Hispanic Miracle Collections
- Places of Growth and Irrigation
- 2 Hortus conclusus? Virginity and Fruitful Space in Gonzalo de Berceo’s Los Milagros de Nuestra Señora
- 3 Holding and Reflecting the Water of Life in Gonzalo de Berceo’s ‘fuent’: Wellsprings and Fountains as a Figure of the Virgin
- 4 Fountains and their Architecture: Situating Fountains in the Poetry of the Marqués de Santillana and Other Fifteenth-century Poets
- Places of Entry and Exit
- 5 The Temple Gate, the Lions’ Den, and the Furnace: Liminal Spaces in Gonzalo de Berceo’s Marian Poetry
- 6 The Sacred Temple, the Tabernacle, and the Reliquary in the Poetry of Pedro de Santa Fé, Fernán Pérez de Guzmán, Juan Tallante, and Other Late Medieval Poets
- 7 Home is where the Heart is: Christ’s Dwelling Place from Gonzalo de Berceo’s Loores de Nuestra Señora to the Vita Christi of Isabel de Villena
- Spaces of Protection
- 8 Mary as a Strong Defence: The Protective Space of the Virgin from Alfonso X’s Cantigas de Santa Maria to Jaume Roig’s Siege Engine
- 9 ‘Más olías que ambargris’: Perfumed Spaces of the Virgin in Fray Ambrosio Montesino’s Poetry
- Afterword
- Appendix: Peninsular Hymns to the Virgin
- Bibliography
- Index of Places as Marian Figures
- Index of Objects and Containers
- Index of Plants, Medicinal Substances and Perfumes
- General Index
Places of Entry and Exit
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 August 2020
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Sacred Spaces and Places: Constructing the Virgin Mary in Hispanic Literature
- Liturgy and Place
- 1 A Feast of Miracles: Foreign Places, Foreign Spaces in Hispanic Miracle Collections
- Places of Growth and Irrigation
- 2 Hortus conclusus? Virginity and Fruitful Space in Gonzalo de Berceo’s Los Milagros de Nuestra Señora
- 3 Holding and Reflecting the Water of Life in Gonzalo de Berceo’s ‘fuent’: Wellsprings and Fountains as a Figure of the Virgin
- 4 Fountains and their Architecture: Situating Fountains in the Poetry of the Marqués de Santillana and Other Fifteenth-century Poets
- Places of Entry and Exit
- 5 The Temple Gate, the Lions’ Den, and the Furnace: Liminal Spaces in Gonzalo de Berceo’s Marian Poetry
- 6 The Sacred Temple, the Tabernacle, and the Reliquary in the Poetry of Pedro de Santa Fé, Fernán Pérez de Guzmán, Juan Tallante, and Other Late Medieval Poets
- 7 Home is where the Heart is: Christ’s Dwelling Place from Gonzalo de Berceo’s Loores de Nuestra Señora to the Vita Christi of Isabel de Villena
- Spaces of Protection
- 8 Mary as a Strong Defence: The Protective Space of the Virgin from Alfonso X’s Cantigas de Santa Maria to Jaume Roig’s Siege Engine
- 9 ‘Más olías que ambargris’: Perfumed Spaces of the Virgin in Fray Ambrosio Montesino’s Poetry
- Afterword
- Appendix: Peninsular Hymns to the Virgin
- Bibliography
- Index of Places as Marian Figures
- Index of Objects and Containers
- Index of Plants, Medicinal Substances and Perfumes
- General Index
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- The Sacred Space of the Virgin Mary in Medieval Hispanic Literaturefrom Gonzalo de Berceo to Ambrosio Montesino, pp. 177 - 178Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2019