The harvest of mysticism in medieval Germany, 1300-1500

McGinn, Bernard (1937-....)

The harvest of mysticism in medieval Germany, 1300-1500 [Texte imprimé] / by Bernard McGinn - New York : Crossroad Pub. Co., cop. 2005 - 1 vol. (XX-738. -[10] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 24 cm - The presence of God : a history of Western Christian mysticism ; 4 . - The presence of God : a history of Western Christian mysticism ; 4 .

Bibliogr. p. 671-713

Contemplata aliis tradere: mystical knowing in Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas -- Mysticism and heresy: the problem of the free spirit -- Mysticism of the ground -- Meister Eckhart: mystical teacher and preacher -- Henry Suso's spiritual philosophy -- John Tauler the Lebmeister -- Spreading the message: the diffusion of mysticism in late medieval Germany -- Three treatises on the mystical life -- Friends of God -- Nicholas of Cusa on mystical theology. PART ONE: BACKGROUND -- PART TWO: MEISTER ECKHART AND HIS STUDENTS -- PART THREE: MYSTICISM FOR THE MANY IN LATE MEDIEVAL GERMANY --

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