Renaissance Monks: Monastic Humanism in Six Biographical Sketches Monastic Humanism in Six Biographical Sketches |
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| Author:
| Posset, Franz |
| Series title: | Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions : History, Culture, Religion, Ideas |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-14431-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $183.95 |
Book Description:
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This volume deals with the intellectual world of "progressive" monks on the eve of the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Biographical sketches of three Benedictines and three Cistercians vicariously represent the lives and works of humanists in cloisters (Klosterhumanismus).
This volume deals with the intellectual world of "progressive" monks on the eve of the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Biographical sketches of three Benedictines and three Cistercians vicariously represent the lives and works of humanists in cloisters (Klosterhumanismus).