De Cella in Seculum - Hardcover

 
9780859912686: De Cella in Seculum

Synopsis

Essays on the life of Hugh of Avalon "All those concerned with the contribution of monasticism to the devotional life of the external world will find much to inform and stimulate them among these papers." JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY Essays on the life of Hugh of Avalon, on the relationship between the hermitic Carthusian vocation and the outside world; on the reflection of the world in religious literature; and on the transmission of mystical and devotional ideals and writings for a secular audience.

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Review

An extremely rich collection of materials for those interested in late medieval spirituality, especially those strands connected to the Carthusians and influential in Middle English devotional works. BULLETIN CODICOLOGIQUE
`Ce recueil..r<130>compensera l'<130>tude de quiconque s'int<130>resse <133> la spiritualit<130> de la fin du moyen <131>ge en Angleterre.' D. BRADLEY Revue d'Histoire Eccl<130>siastique t.LXXXV (1990), p.871 `of interest to scholars of many disciplines.' S.J. OGILVIE-THOMPSON Rev. Eng. St. 42, 166; 5/91

Synopsis

These essays focus on the adaptation to secular settings of originally hermetic or monastic writings. They derive from a conference celebrating the consecration of St Hugh of Avalon and illustrate his life and the relationship between the hermetic Carthusian vocation and the outside world; the reflection of the world in religious literature and the transmission and alteration of mystical and devotional ideals and writings for a secular audience. The essays reflect the process of Hugh's own life. They begin in the desert of the 12th century and end in the city on the eve of the Reformation.

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