TY - BOOK ID - 138736550 TI - Medieval Laments of the Virgin Mary PY - 2023 SN - 1802700781 1641894563 PB - Leeds, England : Arc Humanities Press, DB - UniCat KW - Music KW - Laments KW - Civilization, Medieval. KW - History and criticism. KW - Mary, KW - Songs and music. KW - Lament of Virgin Mary. KW - medieval cultural performances. KW - medieval literature. KW - performance. KW - Laments. KW - Music. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138736550 AB - Laments of the Virgin Mary represent a devotional genre that offered its clerical and lay audiences of the High and Late Middle Ages a deeply inspiring, yet at the same time ambiguous, religious experience. Through the deeply emotional and markedly animated representation of the Passion, seen as if through the eyes of the mother of God, audiences and performers were not only reminded of the redemptive power of the Cross, but encouraged to experience Christ's sacrifice in a more personal and intimate manner. In the pious practice of imitatio Mariae, believers mirrored the sorrow of the mother through their own bodies in order to develop a kind of visceral empathy towards, and hence a deeper understanding of, the divine. ER -