Title: Ruusbroec : literature and mysticism in the fourteenth century /
Authors: Warnar, Geert, 1962-
Publisher: Brill,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Ruusbroec, Jan van,; Mysticism Belgium History; Mysticism Catholic Church History.
Contents: Introduction : contested wisdom -- Brussels. Ancestry and inwardness ; Lessons and liturgy ; Years of silence ; "The first book he made" -- The Espousals. Bloemardinne and Beguine mysticism ; A chaplain at the Church of St Gudula ; The Espousals in context ; Masterpiece -- "This author is called Jan van Ruusbroec". Inspired authorship ; Guide to Gottesfreunde ; Heretics and clerics ; Conversation with a hermit -- Groenendaal. Farewell to Brussels ; Priests in the forest ; The exposition of the tabernacle ; Jan van Leeuwen and the lay brothers -- The good prior. Scholars in Groenendaal ; The letters, the baroness and the Convent of Rich Clares ; Ruusbroec's women ; Highest truth -- A clearly enlightened man. Ruusbroec's latter years ; De numero et ordine suorum voluminum ; Epilogue from Eemstein ; Fireworks and feasting.