Marian Studies Volume 60 Telling Mary's Story: The "Life of Mary" Article 13 Through the Ages 2009 Marian Piety and the Forging of the Community in Hendrick Goltzius's the Life of the Virgin Elissa Auerbach Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/marian_studies Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Auerbach, Elissa (2009) "Marian Piety and the Forging of the Community in Hendrick Goltzius's the Life of the Virgin," Marian Studies: Vol. 60, Article 13. Available at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/marian_studies/vol60/iss1/13 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Marian Library Publications at eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Marian Studies by an authorized editor of eCommons. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Auerbach: Marian Piety and Goltzius's Life of the Virgin MAruA.N PIETY AND THE FoRGING OF CoMMUNITY IN HENDRICK GoLTZIUs's THE LIFE OF THE ViRGIN Elissa Auerbach, Ph.D.* Introduction On May 29, 1578, riotous Dutch Calvinist soldiers entered Haarlem's St. Bavo Cathedral during the holy feast-day cele bration of Corpus Christi where they incited a scene of complete bedlam.1 Brandishing swords and shouting at wor shippers, the soldiers killed a priest and plundered the church, thus bringing a decisive end to the Catholic ownership of the cathedral. Throughout the summer, Calvinists removed from the church the works of art and liturgical objects that were most offensive to them, and in September the Reformed Church officially reconsecrated the building as the Grote Kerk (Great Church).