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Search - Stories of the Rose: The Making of the Rosary in the Middle Ages

Stories of the Rose The Making of the Rosary in the Middle Ages
Author: Anne Winston-Allen, Anne Winston-Allen

An illustrated history of the medieval origins of the rosary. "Winston-Allen has done her research well. The book makes for fascinating and educational reading and gives an important dimension to the rosary as we honor it today."—The Catholic Observer “Winston-Allen’s intriguing work sheds light on [the rosary’s] beginnings... more » and explores how the rosary survived when many other devotional exercises of the Middle Ages did not, why it becamse so popular (even at the height of the Protestant Reformation), and how it was changed over time by writers, worshipers, and religious reformers. This fascinating history provides not only much detail but also valuable insight into the continuing appeal of the rosary.”—Booklist "The author's research breaks new ground by investigating non-literary materials and the vernacular texts, especially German. She also extensively studied the artistic and other popular media of the 15th century. A comprehensive, integrative investigation that should appeal to all interested in Catholic religious practices and the cultural milieu of the Middle Ages."—Library Journal “Few of the devotional exercises arising in the late Middle Ages have been as popular, long-lasting, and influential as the rosary. Anne Winston-Allen shows us where the rosary came from and how it was adapted over time by writers, worshipers, and religious reformers. This fascinating and carefully researched book will interest a wide variety of readers.”—Richard Kieckhefer, Northwestern University For centuries, the rosary has been one of the most popular expressions of religious devotion among Roman Catholics, but its origins remain obscure. Stories of the Rose presents a compelling and readable history of the rosary in its formative years. It explores the many spiritual, literary, and artistic dimensions of the rosary and explains how and why it became so popular on the eve of the Protestant Reformation. In its most basic form, the rosary is a series of prayers and meditations designed to bring the worshiper closer to God through the Virgin Mary. But, as Anne Winston-Allen shows, there was no single text of the rosary prayer: different versions, some in German and some in Latin, evolved over the course of the late Middle Ages as communities of believers experimented with their own forms. She also finds that rosary prayers were influenced by secular, even courtly literature that used images of the rose and rose garden; in the rosary, Mary is the Mystical Rose. Far-reaching in its effects, the rosary was a tremendous source of inspiration for writers and artists, who created scores of rosary books, testimonial anecdotes, legends, songs, and poems. In the visual arts the rosary inspired devotional paintings, altars, sculptures, and block prints, many of which are pictured in this book. According to Winston-Allen, all of these elements combined to create a new, more engrossing devotional practice with widespread appeal. She finds that the rosary was particularly suited to the needs of lay faithful, providing spiritual help that could be mediated by associations of laypersons and dispensed outside the corporate liturgical offices of the church. In an age when religious piety was bursting beyond the traditional bounds of church and monastery, the rosary became a “layperson's breviary” or a “common man's hours.” Stories of the Rose elegantly shows us how a religious practice such as the rosary, whose form may seem fixed, actually grew and changed gradually in response to the very people who were practicing it. In this, it shows the great vitality that existed in personal religious devotion on the eve of the Reformation and also helps to explain the continuing appeal of the rosary in the present day.

ISBN-13: 9780271016313
ISBN-10: 0271016310
Publication Date: 6/1997
Pages: 210
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Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

3.5 stars, based on 2 ratings

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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History >> Europe >> Germany >> General
History >> Europe >> Germany >> Medieval
History >> World >> Medieval
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