From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800–1200
By Rachel Fulton (NHC Fellow, 1998–99) Devotion to the crucified Christ is one of the most familiar, yet most disconcerting artifacts of medieval European civilization. How and why did the images of the dying God-man and his grieving mother achieve such prominence, inspiring unparalleled religious creativity as well such imitative extremes as celibacy and self-flagellation? … Continued