In the last decades of the fourteenth century a new religious movement arose in the northern Low Countries, the so-called Modern Devotion, which had a major influence upon religious life in Europe, and was particularly popular with women. Until now there has been no study of the women who played a p...

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1. Verfasser:	Scheepsma, Wybren 1962- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Johnson, David F. (David Frame) 1956- (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Suffolk Boydell & Brewer 2004
Schlagworte:	Canonesses Regular of Windesheim / Spiritual life Windesheimer Chorfrauen Geschichte 1425-1525 Devotio moderna Handschriftenproduktion Hochschulschrift
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Zusammenfassung:	In the last decades of the fourteenth century a new religious movement arose in the northern Low Countries, the so-called Modern Devotion, which had a major influence upon religious life in Europe, and was particularly popular with women. Until now there has been no study of the women who played a part in the movement, but this book seeks to fill the gap through a case study of the Chapter of Windesheim and the mystical and religious texts its sisters produced, typical of the female spiritual experience of the Modern Devotion. The author analyses texts by such important canonesses as Salome Sticken, Alijt Bake and Jacominje Costers, placing them in the context of daily life in the convent; the anonymous sisterbook of the largest convent at Diepenveen also proves a rich source of historical information. Although the women were all concerned with improving religious life in their convents, their ways of doing so are shown to have varied dramatically, leading to conflict with both other members of the convent, and the male leaders of the Chapter; significant in this regard is Bake's vision of a mystical spirituality, which ultimately led to her ejection from the convent and exile. <BR><BR> WYBREN SCHEEPSMA teaches Dutch language at the Hogeschool Leiden
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Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xii, 280 pages)
ISBN:	9781846151194