Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews: Devotion to the Virgin Mary in Anglo-Norman England

320 Pages·2016·9.833 MB·English

by  Kati Ihnat

Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews

Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews
Devotion to the Virgin Mary in
Anglo- Norman England
Kati Ihnat
Pri n c eton U n i v e r si t y Pre s s
Pri n c eton a n d Ox f ord
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Names: Ihnat, Kati, 1981– author.
Title: Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews : devotion to the Virgin Mary in
Anglo-Norman England / Kati Ihnat.
Description: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2016. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016033116 | ISBN 9780691169538 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint—Devotion to—England—
History. | England—Church history—1066–1485. | Judaism—
Controversial literature.
Classification: LCC BT652.E54 I36 2016 | DDC 232.910942/09021—dc23 LC
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To my teachers

Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Praising Mary: Liturgy and Prayer 16
Chapter 2 Understanding Mary: Theological Treatises 59
Chapter 3 Hagiographies of Mary: Miracle Collections 100
Chapter 4 Enemies of Mary: Jews in Miracle Stories 138
Conclusion 182
Notes 191
References 253
Index 291

Illustrations
Figure 1 Winchester Psalter, in BL Cotton Nero C. iv, f. 8r, ca. 1150 31
Figure 2 Shaftesbury Psalter, in BL Lansdown MS 383, f. 165v, 1125– 50 48
Figure 3 Winchester Psalter, in BL Cotton Nero C. iv, f. 30r, circa 1150 49
Figure 4 Winchester Psalter, in BL Cotton Nero C. iv, ff. 29r, circa 1150 81
Figure 5 Hunterian Psalter, in Special Collections MS Hunter
U.3.2 (229), f. 19v, circa 1170 82
Figure 6 Capital, Reading Abbey, circa 1120 89
Figure 7 Eton College MS 177, f. 7r, early thirteenth century 90
Figure 8 Eton College MS 177, f. 7v, early thirteenth century 95
Figure 9 Lambeth Bible, in Lambeth Palace Library MS 3, f. 198,
Canterbury,1140– 50 97