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Mysticism and Reform, 1400-1750

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by Sara S. Poor Poor, Nigel Smith Smith

    • Author

      Nigel Smith Smith

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      University of Notre Dame Press

    • Published

      May 2015

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      The apparent disappearance of mysticism in the Protestant world after the Reformation used to be taken as an example of the arrival of modernity. However, as recent studies in history and literary history reveal, the "Reformation" was not experienced in such a drastically transformative manner, not least because the later Middle Ages itself was marked by a series of reform movements within the Catholic Church in which mysticism played a central role. In" Mysticism and Reform, 1400-1750, "contributors show that it is more accurate to characterize the history of early modern mysticism as one in which relationships of continuity within transformations occurred. Rather than focus on the departures of the sixteenth-century Reformation from medieval traditions, the essays in this volume explore one of the most remarkable yet still under-studied chapters in its history: the survival and transformation of mysticism between the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. With a focus on central and northern Europe, the essays engage such subjects as the relationship of Luther to mystical writing, the visual representation of mystical experience in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century art, mystical sermons by religious women of the Low Countries, Valentin Weigel's recasting of Eckhartian "Gelassenheit "for a Lutheran audience, and the mysticism of English figures such as Gertrude More, Jane Lead, Elizabeth Hooten, and John Austin, the German Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg, and the German American Marie Christine Sauer. ""Mysticism and Reform, 1400-1750" is an important and consistently insightful contribution to the fields of mysticism, of European and American cultural studies, of the history of religion, and of women's studies. It offers new ways of thinking about the relationships between and among historical periods, texts, and national cultures." --Lynn Staley, Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of the Humanities and Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Colgate University

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      • Author

        Nigel Smith Smith

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        University of Notre Dame Press

      • Published

        May 2015

      • Weight

        563g

      • Page Count

        400

      • Dimensions

        151 x 227 x 19 mm

      • ISBN

        9780268038984

      • ISBN-10

        0268038988

      • Eden Code

        4324840

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      • Author/Creator: Nigel Smith Smith

      • ISBN: 9780268038984

      • Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press

      • Release Date: May 2015

      • Weight: 563g

      • Dimensions: 151 x 227 x 19 mm

      • Eden Code: 4324840


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