Margot Elsbeth Fassler

Medieval Christians knew the past primarily through what they saw and heard. History was reenacted every year in ritual observances particular to each place and region and rooted in the legends of local saints.This richly illustrated book explores the layers of history found in the cult of the Virgin of Chartres as it developed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Focusing on the major relic of Chartres Cathedral, the Virgin’s gown, and the Feast of Mary's Nativity, Margot Fassler employs a wide range of historical evidence including local histories, letters, obituaries, chants, liturgical sources, and reports of miracles, leading to a detailed reading of the cathedral's west façade. This interdisciplinary volume will prove invaluable to historians who work in religion, politics, music, and art but will also serve as a guidebook for all interested in the history of Chartres Cathedral.

Making History Through Liturgy and the Arts

The Virgin of Chartres

Harold W. Attridge

The Psalms, initially shaped by the experience of Israel, have expressed religious impulses of both Jews and Christians across the centuries. Essays from a spectrum of disciplines demonstrate how the Psalms have functioned over time in these communities of conviction.

Jewish and Christian Textual, Liturgical, and Artistic Traditions

Psalms in Community

Fellow of King's College Cambridge Lecturer in Music Iain Fenlon

Professor Margot Fassler

Professor of Music Thomas Forrest Kelly

John Stevens, MD

This is the first study of how a particular genre of liturgical texts and music, the Victorine sequences, were first written in great numbers during the twelfth-century.

Victorine Sequences and Augustinian Reform in Twelfth-Century Paris

Gothic Song

Margot Elsbeth Fassler

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