| A Companion to Mysticism and Devotion in Northern Germany in the Late Middle Ages Contributor(s): Andersen (Editor), Lähnemann (Editor), Simon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004257934 ISBN-13: 9789004257931 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $250.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Mysticism - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 248.220 |
| LCCN: 2013027831 |
| Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" (1.80 lbs) 452 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The volume explores the hitherto uncharted late medieval religious landscape of Northern Germany, from 13th-century Helfta to the 15th-century L neburg convents. The mystical and devotional writing of Northern Germany is contextualised through chapters on the Netherlands, Scandinavia and East Prussia. The seminal influence of the liturgy on these texts and their transmission is revealed in the creative interplay of Latin and Low German. Through the individual chapters and their appendices, which also contain translations into English, the reader can access a wealth of texts produced by communities of religious and lay women who write learnedly in Latin and fervently in Low German. Together, the chapters and appendices reveal a fascinating regional "mystical culture" which also reverberated across Northern Europe. Contributors include: J rgen B rsch, Anne Bollmann, Veerle Fraeters, Ulrike Hascher-Burger, Ernst Hellgardt, Tanja Mattern, Balazs Nemes, Sara S. Poor, Eva Schlotheuber, Almut Suerbaum, and Geert Warnar. |