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  • Record Number: 7763
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Dietl , Cora
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  • Title: The Virgin, the Church, and the Heathens: The Innsbruck "Ludus de assumptione beatae Mariae virginis" [The author examines a German language play about the Assumption of the Virgin Mary found in a late 14th Century manuscript. The play presents Mary as mediator and emphasizes the malignity and deceit of the Jews who want to burn her body in revenge. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: European Medieval Drama 10, ( 2006): Pages 187 - 205.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Antisemitism in Literature Ecclesia, Image of Jews in Literature Literature- Drama Ludus de Assumptione Beatae Mariae, Play Mary, Virgin, Saint- Assumption
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  • Geographic Area: Germany
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Giessen
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  • Year of Publication: 2006.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 12877484