Who Is Mary?

Acknowledgments

Series Editors’ Introduction

Volume Editor’s Introduction

Volume Editor’s Bibliography

I Vittoria Colonna’s The Plaint of the Marchesa di Pescara on the Passion of Christ

II Chiara Matraini’s Brief Discourse on the Life and Praises of the Most Blessed Virgin and Mother of the Son of God

III Lucrezia Marinella’s The Life of the Virgin Mary, Empress of the Universe

Appendix: The Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55)

Series Editors’ Bibliography

Index