medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Most of the time when the Virgin appeared, at least
>in the medieval examples I have run across, she seems to have taken
>the form of a rather ill-defined light that filled a church or
>appeared in the countryside.
Which is what makes them distinct from the earlier figures, though "white
ladies" are not always as defined as might seem. Sometimes it's how the
apparition is interpreted that is distinctive rather than the features of
the apparition, as I'm sure you've noticed.
Francine Nicholson
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