From temple maiden to the bearer of God: to the year 431
The earliest glimpses of Mary
Mary in a Christian empire
Mary of the imperial state
From the Eastern Mediterranean to the Irish Sea: to the year 1000
Mary of the Christian empire
The emergence of European Mary
The emergence of Mary's hegemony: 1000-1200
Mary of polemic and encounter
Mary, local and familiar: 1200-1400
Mary in liturgy, song, and prayer
Mary, the friars, and the mother tongue
Teaching Mary in parish and home
Mary's miracles as reward and as punishment
Mary at the foot of the cross
Mary and women, Mary and men
Mary as queen and reformer: 1400-1500
Mary of parish practice and family life
Mary: a world of devotional possibilities
Mary reformed, Mary global: 1500 and beyond
Mary of reform and reformation
From Europe to the rest of the world
Mary in a world of neighbouring diversity
After Mary: a conclusion.
