The Sacred Space of the Virgin Mary in Medieval – from Gonzalo de Berceo to Ambrosio Montesino: Monografias A

Lesley K. Twomey

Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Sacred Spaces and Places: Constructing the Virgin Mary in Hispanic Literature A Feast of Miracles: Foreign Places, Foreign Spaces in Hispanic Miracle Collections Hortus conclusus?: Virginity and Fruitful Space in Gonzalo de Berceo's Los Milagros de Nuestra Señora Holding and Reflecting the Water of Life in Gonzalo de Berceo's 'fuent': Wellsprings and Fountains as a Figure of the Virgin Fountains and their Architecture: Situating Fountains in the Poetry of the Marqués de Santillana and Other Fifteenth-Century Poets The Temple Gate, the Lions' Den, and the Furnace: Liminal Space in Gonzalo de Berceo's Marian Poetry Re-evaluating the Temple of God, the Tabernacle, the Ark, and the Reliquary in Late-Medieval Poetry Home is where the Heart is: Christ's Dwelling-Place from Gonzalo de Berceo's Loores de Nuestra Señora to the Vita Christi of Isabel de Villena Mary as a Strong Defence: the Protective Space of the Virgin Mary from Alfonso X's Cantigas de Santa Maria to Jaume Roig's Siege Engine 'Más olías que ambargris': Perfumed Spaces and the Virgin in Fray Ambrosio Montesino's Poetry Afterword Appendix: Marian Hymns in Hispanic Liturgies Bibliography Index