A companion to Jean Gerson / edited by Brian Patrick McGuire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGuire, Brian Patrick.

Series:

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 3.

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, 1871-6377 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gerson, Jean, 1363-1429.

Gerson, Jean.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Companion to Jean Gerson provides a guide to new research on Jean Gerson (1363-1429), theologian, chancellor of the University of Paris, and church reformer. Ten articles outline his life and works, contribution to lay devotion, place as biblical theologian, role as humanist, mystical theology, involvement in the conciliar movement, dilemmas as university master and conflicts with the mendicants, views on women and especially on female visionaries, participation in the debate on the \'Roman de la Rose\', and the afterlife of his works until the French Revolution. Some of the contributors are veterans of gersonian studies, while others have recently completed their dissertations. All map the relevance of Gerson to understanding late medieval and early modern culture, religion and spirituality.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Brian Patrick McGuire

In Search of Jean Gerson: Chronology of His Life and Works / Brian Patrick McGuire

Gerson on Lay Devotion / Daniel B. Hobbins

Discovering Gerson the Humanist: Fifty Years of Serendipity / Gilbert Ouy

Making Sense of It All: Gerson’s Biblical Theology / D. Zach Flanagin

Gerson as Conciliarist / Francis Oakley

Gerson’s Mystical Theology: A New Profile of its Evolution / Jeffrey Fisher

Gerson as a Preacher in the Conflict between Mendicants and Secular Priests / Nancy McLoughlin

Gerson’s Stance on Women / Wendy Love Anderson

Jean Gerson and the Debate on the Romance of the Rose / Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

Gerson’s Legacy / Yelena Mazour-Matusevich

Select Bibliography / Brian Patrick McGuire

Index of Gerson’s Works / Brian Patrick McGuire

Index of Works by Other Authors / Brian Patrick McGuire

General Index / Brian Patrick McGuire

Brill’s Companions to the Christian Tradition / Brian Patrick McGuire.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-410) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-39908-6

9786611399085

90-474-0907-8

OCLC:

614557525

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047409076 DOI