Interpreting Cultural Symbols: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Society

By Kathleen Ashley and Kathleen M. Ashley

Book Overview

A collection of essays providing an interpretive study of Saint Anne - the apocryphal mother of the Virgin - in the late medieval culture. Interpreting Cultural Symbols examines the different images of Saint Anne from a variety of sources including folklore, drama, ritual, the visual arts, local and political history, hagiographic narrative and theology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820312622
• ISBN13: 9780820312620
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"