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Mary's mother : Saint Anne in late medieval Europe / Virginia Nixon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2004.Description: xiii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0271024666 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 232.9/33 22
LOC classification:
  • BT685 .N59 2004
Online Resources: Table of contents | Book review (H-Net)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-210) and index.

The early history of the cult of Saint Anne -- Changes in the late fifteenth-century -- Saint Anne and concepts of salvation in late medieval Germany -- Salvational themes in the imagery of Saint Anne -- Anne's promoters : why did they do it? -- Economic factors and the cult of Saint Anne : Augsburg and Annaberg -- Functions and perceptions : how people used images -- Anne's decline -- The images.

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