Ruusbroec : literature and mysticism in the fourteenth century /
Jan van Ruusbroec (1293-1381), the most influential medieval Dutch author, is generally acknowledged to be one of the key figures in the tradition of Christian mysticism. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of Ruusbroec's oeuvre within the social, religious and literary frameworks of the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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Colección: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 150. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : contested wisdom
- Brussels. Ancestry and inwardness ; Lessons and liturgy ; Years of silence ; "The first book he made"
- The Espousals. Bloemardinne and Beguine mysticism ; A chaplain at the Church of St Gudula ; The Espousals in context ; Masterpiece
- "This author is called Jan van Ruusbroec". Inspired authorship ; Guide to Gottesfreunde ; Heretics and clerics ; Conversation with a hermit
- Groenendaal. Farewell to Brussels ; Priests in the forest ; The exposition of the tabernacle ; Jan van Leeuwen and the lay brothers
- The good prior. Scholars in Groenendaal ; The letters, the baroness and the Convent of Rich Clares ; Ruusbroec's women ; Highest truth
- A clearly enlightened man. Ruusbroec's latter years ; De numero et ordine suorum voluminum ; Epilogue from Eemstein ; Fireworks and feasting.