Yale University Library Research Guides: Mary, Blessed Mother of Jesus: Marian Devotion

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In this section you will find monographs on Marian devotion, including the History of the Rosary and Marian apparitions and shrines.

The Cult of the Virgin Mary: Psychological Origins by Michael P. Carroll Tracing devotion to Mary to psychological and historical processes that began in the fifth century, Michael Carroll discusses the cult of the Virgin Mary and apparitions.
Messages from God to the World: An Axiomatic Investigation of Marian Manifestations by Paul Weingartner After a distinction between private religious visions and prophetic religious manifestations this book provides a deteiled description of the great Marian Apparitions in Guadalupe, La Salette, Lourdes, Fatima, Medjugorje and Kibeho.
Miracles of Mary: Apparitions, Legends, and Miraculous Works of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Michael S. Durham A variety of images and stories about Mary, grouped thematically with carefully documented sources for the illustrations.

The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe by Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba Explores the Black Madonna's functions in the varied cultures of Poland, Mexico and the American southwest, Brazil, and Cuba.
Marian Devotion in the Late Middle Ages (Online) by Andrea-Bianka Znorovszky (Editor); Gerhard Jaritz (Editor) Traces the development of Marian iconography in sculpture, panel paintings, and objects, and the use of Marian devotion in relation to space.
Mary and the Art of Prayer: The Hours of the Virgin in Medieval Christian Life and Thought by Rachel Fulton Brown Traces the history of the medieval practice of praising Mary through the complex of prayers known as the Hours of the Virgin.
Shrines of Our Lady: A Guide to Over Fifty of the World's Most Famous Marian Shrines by Peter Mullen; Janice T. Connell (Foreword by) Guide to explore the cult of Mary & the most famous Marian shrines from around the world.

Beads and Prayers: The Rosary in History and Devotion (Online) by John Desmond Miller A brief history on the development of the Rosary, including its pre-Christian origins up to the 20th century, from a Catholic perspective.
The Hail Mary: A Verbal Icon of Mary by Nicholas Ayo Includes an overview of the larger issues of Marian theology and devotion and a bibliography of research on the Hail Mary.
The Mystery of the Rosary: Marian Devotion and the Reinvention of Catholicism (Online) by Nathan D. Mitchell Focuses on why devotion to the Rosary has been so ubiquitous and resilient, especially in the face of Catholicism's reinvention in the modern era, since the time of the Reformation.
Stories of the Rose: The Making of the Rosary in the Middle Ages by Anne Winston-Allen A history of the devotion of the rosary in its formative years, exploring the many spiritual, literary, and artistic dimensions of the rosary and how and why it became so popular on the eve of the Protestant Reformation.