Meditations on the Life of Christ: The Short Italian Text

by Sarah McNamer

Book Overview

The Meditations on the Life of Christ was the most popular and influential devotional work of the later Middle Ages. With its lively dialogue and narrative realism, its poignant and moving depictions of the Nativity and Passion, and its direct appeals to the reader to feel love and compassion, the Meditations had a major impact on devotional practices, religious art, meditative literature, vernacular drama, and the cultivation of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268102856
• ISBN13: 9780268102852
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"