Publisher: Pennsylvania UP
Author: Mary Dzon
ISBN: 9780812248845
Format: Hardback
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Beginning in the twelfth century, intense curiosity about the historical details of Jesus’ childhood – about which the Gospels say almost nothing – led medieval Christians to seek answers in ancient apocryphal legends. In this study, Mary Dzon explores some of the ways in which medieval clergy and laity tried to construct a narrative of the Christ Child, and the broad influence of apocryphal stories on later medieval culture.