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Late Medieval Mysticism of the Low Countries
Van Nieuwenhove, Rik (Editor)/ Faesen, Robert (Editor)/ Rolfson, Helen (Editor)
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More imagesLate Medieval Mysticism of the Low Countries (Classics of Western Spirituality (Hardcover))
Nieuwenhove, Rik Van [Editor]; Faesen, Robert [Editor]; Rolfson, Helen [Editor];
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2008 Paulist Press (New York), 6 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches tall pictorial hardcover over tan buckram cloth spine, white lettering to spine, black endpapers, xvi, 399 pp. plus publisher's ads. ISBN label to lower rear cover. A very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - with no apparent fa…ults. Appears unread. ~J~ [2.0P] The spiritual tradition of the Low Countries, mostly written in Dutch (or Flemish, which is the same language) must rank, together with the German School, as the most important vernacular tradition in late medieval and early modern Europe. This book presents for the first time texts from this school of Netherlandish mysticism of the late medieval period in English translation. It contains extracts or full treatises from all the major representatives of this school after the death of Jan van Ruusbroec. None of these texts are available in English, and some were never published at all but were translated from late medieval manuscripts. The book contains texts of a mystical and pastoral nature, often dealing with the problem of suffering, reflecting the troubled times during which they were written. Readers will appreciate the wide variety of texts offered here. There are a number of more "traditional" mystical-theological writings that look back to the age of Ruusbroec, developing a profound spirituality of the Trinity (for instance, William Jordaens, a contemporary of Ruusbroec, but also the author of The Evangelical Pearl and the Temple of the Soul). Some of the texts focus almost exclusively on the suffering of Christ, and others anticipate some of the key-themes of the Reformation.
