Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-509) and index.

Part I. From Temple Maiden to the Bearer of God: to the Year 431: -- 1. The earliest glimpses of Mary -- 2. Mary in a Christian empire -- 3. Versions of Mary -- 4. Mary of the imperial state -- Part II. From the Eastern Mediterranean to the Irish Sea: to the Year 1000: -- 5. Mary of the Christian empire -- 6. Beyond the Greek world -- 7. The emergence of European Mary -- Part III. The Emergence of Mary's Hegemony: 1000-1200: -- 8. Mary of the cloister -- 9. Mary of polemic and encounter -- 10. Abundance and ubiquity -- Part IV. Mary, Local and Familiar: 1200-1400: -- 11. Mary in liturgy, song and prayer -- 12. Mary, the friars, and the mother tongue -- 13. Teaching Mary in parish and home -- 14. Mary's miracles as reward and punishment -- 15. Mary at the foot of the cross -- 16. Mary and women, Mary and men -- Part V. Mary as Queen and Reformer: 1400-1500: -- 17. Mary the sublime -- 18. Mary: unlike any other -- 19. Mary of parish practice and family life -- 20. Mary: a world of devotional possibilities -- Part VI. Mary Reformed, Mary Global: 1500 and Beyond: -- 21. Mary of reform and Reformation -- 22. From Europe to the rest of the world -- 23. Mary in a world of neighbouring diversity -- After Mary: a conclusion -- A few comments on scholarship and reading.