Quest for the Christ Child in the Later Middle Ages
Beginning in the twelfth century, clergy and laity alike started wondering with intensity about the historical and developmental details of Jesus'' early life. Was the Christ Child like other children, whose characteristics and capabilities depended on their age? Was he sweet and tender, or formidable and powerful? Not finding sufficient information in the Gospels, which are almost completely sile...
Beginning in the twelfth century, clergy and laity alike started wondering with intensity about the historical and developmental details of Jesus'' early life. Was the Christ Child like other children, whose characteristics and capabilities depended on their age? Was he sweet and tender, or formidable and powerful? Not finding sufficient information in the Gospels, which are almost completely sile...
