The harvest of mysticism in medieval Germany (1300-1500) /

McGinn, Bernard, 1937-

The harvest of mysticism in medieval Germany (1300-1500) / by Bernard McGinn. - New York : Crossroad Pub. Co., c2005. - xx, 738 p., 10 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. - The presence of God ; v. 4 . - McGinn, Bernard, 1937- Presence of God ; v. 4. .

"A Herder and Herder book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 671-713) and indexes.

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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Mysticism--History--Germany--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

BV5075 BV5077.G3 / .M37 1994 vol. 4

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