Marquard von Lindau and the challenges of religious life in late medieval Germany : the Passion, the Eucharist, the Virgin Mary /
This is a study of the intellectual history and religious culture of German-speaking Europe in the late Middle Ages. Its focus is the bilingual oeuvre of the Franciscan friar Marquard von Lindau (d. 1392), arguably the most widely-read author in the German language before the Reformation. His most s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This is a study of the intellectual history and religious culture of German-speaking Europe in the late Middle Ages. Its focus is the bilingual oeuvre of the Franciscan friar Marquard von Lindau (d. 1392), arguably the most widely-read author in the German language before the Reformation. His most successful works were those in which he considered pragmatic issues of Christian life, aimed at a broad reading public that stretched from monks and nuns living the contemplative life inenclosed convents; to his confreres, novices and students in the mendicant orders; and the literate citizens of the. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 381 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191573484 0191573485 9780199575541 0199575541 9780191722226 0191722227 |