Topics:

1. Objectives of the subject, literature. Thematic definition

2. Medieval piety, its theological foundations and its influence on the visual arts

3. The beginnings of Christian piety based on the analysis of the preserved art of that time

4. The role of religious communities and examples of contemporary architecture

5. Female spirituality in the 13th century and its impact on the form and art of female monasteries

6. Medieval mysticism in visual arts

7. Devotio modernism in visual arts

8. Liturgical space as a place of piety

9. Liturgical objects and piety associated with them

10. Manuscripts, book culture and piety associated with them

11. Marian cult, cult of saints and their iconography

12. The royal representation and its artistic expressions