| A Companion to Jean Gerson Contributor(s): McGuire, Brian Patrick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004150099 ISBN-13: 9789004150096 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: This guide to the life and writings of Jean Gerson (1363-1429) provides the reader with a state-of-the-art evaluation of the place of this central theologian and church reformer in the transition from medieval to early modern culture, spirituality and religion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 282.092 |
| LCCN: 2006044031 |
| Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition |
| Physical Information: 1.32" H x 6.46" W x 9.56" (2.10 lbs) 460 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Companion to Jean Gerson provides a guide to new research on Jean Gerson (1363-1429), theologian, chancellor of the University of Paris, and church reformer. Ten articles outline his life and works, contribution to lay devotion, place as biblical theologian, role as humanist, mystical theology, involvement in the conciliar movement, dilemmas as university master and conflicts with the mendicants, views on women and especially on female visionaries, participation in the debate on the "Roman de la Rose", and the afterlife of his works until the French Revolution. Some of the contributors are veterans of gersonian studies, while others have recently completed their dissertations. All map the relevance of Gerson to understanding late medieval and early modern culture, religion and spirituality. |