Religious life between Jerusalem, the desert, and the world : selected essays by Kaspar Elm / translated by James D. Mixson

Author: Elm, Kaspar, 1929-
Uniform Title: Essays. Selections. English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Physical Description: vii, 341 pages ; 25 cm.

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Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 180

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Francis and Dominic: The Impact and Impetus of Two Founders of Religious Orders -- 2.Fratres et Sorores Sanctissimi Sepulcri: Reflections on Fraternitas, Familia and Women's Religious Life in the Circle of the Chapter of the Holy Sepulcher -- 3.Mendicants and Humanists in Florence in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: The Problem of Justifying Humanistic Studies in the Mendicant Orders -- 4.Decline and Renewal of the Religious Orders in the Late Middle Ages: Current Research and Research Agendas -- 5.Canons and Knights of the Holy Sepulcher: A Contribution to the Origins and Early History of the Military Orders of Palestine -- 6.The Status of Women in Religious Life, Semi-Religious Life and Heresy in the Era of St. Elizabeth -- 7.John of Capistrano's Preaching Tour North of the Alps (1451--1456) -- 8.Vita regularis sine regula. The Meaning, Legal Status and Self-Understanding of Late-Medieval and Early-Modern Semi-Religious Life -- 9.The "Devotio Moderna" and the New Piety between the Later Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era.

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9789004307773 (hardback ; alk. paper)
900430777X (hardback ; alk. paper)
9789004307780 (online)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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