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Miri Rubin.
Mother of God: A History of the Virgin Mary.

Published London: Penguin, 2010 (hardback was 2009).
ISBN 9780141019352.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd., St. Ives plc.
Size: 128x197x27mm.
Page count: text xxvi,533pp; plates 16pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs and creases on the covers, not too severe, a little wear on the edges and corners; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.


This item £6.50
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[Publisher’s price £12.99]
Weight without packaging: 419g.

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Contents: From temple maiden to the bearer of God — to the year 431; From eastern Mediterranean to Irish sea — to the year 1000; Emergence of Mary’s hegemony — 1000-1200; Mary, local & familiar — 1200-1400; Mary as queen & reformer — 1400-1500; Mary reformed, Mary global — 1500 & beyond; After Mary — a conclusion.

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Illustrations: 16 pages of colour plates
Maps & plans: 3
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes


See also | Virgin Mary |

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