Ruusbroec : literature and mysticism in the fourteenth century / by Geert Warnar ; translated by Diane Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warnar, Geert, 1962-

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 150.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 150

Standardized Title:

Ruusbroec. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ruusbroec, Jan van, 1293-1381.

Ruusbroec, Jan van.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 concentrates on the medieval dimensions of Ruusbroec’s authorship. Warnar offers a comprehensive analysis of Ruusbroec’s oeuvre within the social, religious and literary frameworks of the fourteenth century Low Countries. Ruusbroec emerges as an author who was fully engaged in contemporary discussions on the contemplative life and mystical theology, as a charismatic guide who attracted a growing number of disciples first from the Low Countries but soon from all over Western Europe, and as the architect of a vernacular oeuvre of international interest from the Middle Ages to modern times.

Contents:

Preliminary material / G. Warnar

Introduction - Contested wisdom / G. Warnar

Chapter I. Brussels / G. Warnar

Chapter II. The espousals / G. Warnar

Chapter III. ‘This author is called Jan van Ruusbroec’ / G. Warnar

Chapter IV. Groenendaal / G. Warnar

Chapter V. The good prior / G. Warnar

Chapter VI. A clearly enlightened man / G. Warnar

Bibliography / G. Warnar

List of illustrations / G. Warnar

Index / G. Warnar.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-359) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-92143-2

9786611921439

90-474-2052-7

OCLC:

505128092

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004158696.i-370 DOI