What can we learn from Marian songs?; Marian devotion in the context of the Catholic Revival in Noord-Brabant (Netherlands). KU Leuven
This project should enable us to analyse Marian songs, sung in the period from 1850, when the catholic Church got more operational freedom, till 1950, as a part of a strongly developing Marian devotion. This analysis will particularly figure out which images of Mariy prevail, which emotions are being adressed and which references can be found in the ecclesiastical and societal context. We try to explain the meaning of this vocal Marian devotion, ...