Panna Maria jako generalissima

• Authors: Royt Jan

Title variants

EN

The Virgin Mary as Generalissima

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

In both the Eastern and the Western churches we find miraculous images of the Virgin Mary, which served as shields in battle. In the lands where the Turkish threat was imminent (the Austrian lands and Hungary), the subject of the miraculous intercession of the Virgin Mary in battle comes up quite oþen. This is also the case in the legend associated with the miraculous statue and image in Mariazell and in the case of the cult of the Virgin Mary the Helper — from Passau, where anti-Reformation motifs predominated (as criticism of Hussite iconoclasm and to help repulse the Swedes).

Keywords

EN

Virgin Mary; miraculous images; anti-Turkish motif; anti-Reformation motif

Discipline

• THEOLOGY: THEOLOGY
• HISTORY: HISTORY
• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Historie – Otázky – Problémy (History, Issues, Problems)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 211-226

Contributors

author

Royt Jan

• Ústav pro dějiny umění FF UK v Praze, Ústav dějin křesťanského umění KTF UK v Praze, FF Univerzity Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, Akademie výtvarných umění, Czech Republic