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The remarkable mystic movement of fourteenth-century Germany produced three major writers — Eckhart, Tauler, and Suso — as well as a wide audience for their voluminous works. This survey chronicles the authors' lives, critiques their works, and discusses their influence on the development of Christian spiritual expression along with that of their contemporaries, the Friends of God and the Franciscan Friars.
These works appeared at a time of crisis, unfolding against a background of calamities ranging from violent upheavals in church and state to a series of natural disasters, including pestilence, famine, earthquakes, and floods. Confronted with the insecurity of human life, readers turned to Eckhart and his contemporaries for answers. Written in the vernacular rather than Latin, these sermons, tracts, and anecdotes provided solace in troubled times, and they remain a touchstone for studies in comparative religion. This introduction to the flowering of medieval mysticism forms a perfect entrée for students and lay readers alike.
These works appeared at a time of crisis, unfolding against a background of calamities ranging from violent upheavals in church and state to a series of natural disasters, including pestilence, famine, earthquakes, and floods. Confronted with the insecurity of human life, readers turned to Eckhart and his contemporaries for answers. Written in the vernacular rather than Latin, these sermons, tracts, and anecdotes provided solace in troubled times, and they remain a touchstone for studies in comparative religion. This introduction to the flowering of medieval mysticism forms a perfect entrée for students and lay readers alike.
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Topic
Theology & ReligionSubtopic
MysticismINDEX
Aargau, Canton of, 83
Abraham, 92
Adam of Marsh, 98
Adelshausen, 96
Agnes, Queen of Hungary, 23, 59
Arx-la-Chapelle, 65
Albert of Cologne, Friar, 15
Albert of Halde, Friar, 98
Albertus Magnus, 2, 7, 15, 30, 46, 81
Albrecht I, King, 23
Alemannia, Province of, 9
Alexander of Hales, 98
Alps, 55, 83–5
Alsace, 51, 65, 96
Altdorf, 75
Amandus. 71, See also Suso
Ambrose of Milan, St., 106
Angelico, Fra, 72
Antwerp, 58 n. 2
Aquinas, Thomas, 2, 7, 15–20, 22, 30–1, 49, 92, 98, 103, 108
Ariosto, 90
Aristotle, 30–1, 49, 103
Arnold, Gottfried, 26
Athanasian Creed, 19
Augsburg, 44 n. 3, 69, 72
Augustine, St., 18, 20, 30–1, 100, 103, 106, 108
Austin Friars, 5, 38, 75
Austria, 69, 84
Avicenna, 30, 35
Avignon, 1, 13–16, 21, 107
Baader, Franz von, 27–8, 33, 52
Bach, Joseph, 33
Bacon, Roger, 98
Bartholomäus von Bolsenheim, 60
Bartholomew the Englishman, 98
Bascour, Hildebrand, 16 n. 5
Basel, 29, 37–40, 52, 65, 83, 95, 107, 109
Bäumker, Clemens, 32
Bavaria, 91, 96, 99, 102
Beghards, 17, 24, 27–8, 39, 47, 61–2, 83
Beguines, 3, 65, 93–4
Behaghel, Otto, 32
Benedictine Rule, 105
Benedictines, 75
Berlin, 53
Bernard of Clairvaux, St., 62, 106
Berthold von Regensburg, 80, 98–9
Bevan...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Contents
- I. Introduction
- II. Eckhart
- III. Tauler
- IV. Suso
- V. Rulman Merswin and the Friends of God
- VI. The Franciscans
- Select Bibliography
- Index