The Virgin of Chartres: making history through liturgy and the arts

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Mary before Fulbert -- Chartres in early histories and legends -- War and peace in the mid-tenth century -- Mary's time : from Advent to the Nativity of the Virgin at Chartres -- Adventus and Advent : history and lineage in the Latin Rite -- Trauma and the remedies of history -- The Virgin in the second half of the eleventh century : Fulbert becomes a liturgist -- Politics and religious fervor in twelfth-century Chartres -- New modes of seeing : ideals of reform in the early twelfth century -- Intrigue, fervor, and the building of churches -- The campaign at midcentury : bishops, dignitaries, and canons -- History revealed : the cult of the Virgin and the visual arts in the mid-twelfth century -- The Virgin and the tabernacle -- Adventus and lineage : the meanings of the Jamb Statues -- Reality and prophecy : exegetical narrative in the west façade -- History retold : from the West Lancets to the afterlife of the cult.