An edition of Sisters and brothers of the common life
(2008)
Sisters and brothers of the common life
Devotio moderna, self-made societies, and the world of the later medieval ages
by John H. Van Engen
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Christian communities, Christianity, Communalism, History, Religious aspects of Communalism, Societies living in common without vows, Spiritual life, Sisters of the Common Life, Devotio moderna, Kommunitetsliv, Zeithintergrund, Moderne Devotie, Brothers of the Common Life, Brüder vom Gemeinsamen Leben, 11.52 medieval Christianity, Zusters van het Gemene Leven, Kristendom, Broeders van het Gemene Leven, Historia, Andligt liv, Schwestern vom Gemeinsamen Leben, Spiritual life, christianity, Religious aspectsShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Sisters and brothers of the common life: Devotio moderna, self-made societies, and the world of the later medieval ages
2008, University of Pennsylvania Press
in English
0812241193 9780812241198
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The Devotio Moderna and modern history
Converts in the Middle ages
Conversion as a medieval form of life
Converts in the Low Countries
Circles of converts at Strassburg and Brussels
Converts under suspicion : legislating against Beguines and free spirits
Modern-Day converts in the Low Countries
The Low Countries
Households of devout women
Societies of devout men
Modern-day conversion
Suspicion and inquisition
Suspicion of devout practices
Charge and counter-charge in the mid-1390s
Sisters under inquisition, 1396/1397 : Friar Eylard Schoneveld intervenes
Resisting the inquisitor : legal tactics
Awaiting the Bishop's decision, 1398/1401
From converts to communites : tertiaries, sisters, brothers, schoolboys, canons
Tertiaries "living the common life"
Sisters of the common life
Brothers of the common life
Schoolboys
Windesheim canons and canonesses
An option for enclosure : male canons and female tertiaries
Inventing a communal household : goods, customs, labor, and "republican" harmony
Living together without personal property
House customs and personal exercises
Obedience and humility in a voluntary community
Labor : living from the work of their own hands
Communal gatherings and a "republican" impulse
Defending the Modern-Day Devout : expansion under scrutiny
Women's houses and converting schoolboys : Burgher critics at Zwolle
Friar Matthew Grabow and the Council of Constance
The sisters and the aldermen in conflict at Deventer : the women's narrative
Institutionalizing under scrutiny
Proposing a theological rationale : the freedom of the "Christian religion"
Place in society : taking on the "estate of the perfect"
John Pupper of Goch (d. 1475)
Gospel law and the freedom of the Christian religion
Taking the spiritual offensive : caring for the self, examining the soul, progressing in virtue
Reading, writing, and the lay tongue
Exhortation in public and correction in private
Spiritual guidance and mutual reproof
Modern-Day devotion : examining the self, making progress, experiencing peace.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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