Catholic and Protestant translations of the Imitatio Christi, 1425-1650
Subtitle: from late medieval classic to early modern bestseller
By: Maximilian von Habsburg
Series: St. Andrews studies in Reformation history; St. Andrews studies in Reformation history
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780754667650; 9781409437406
Subjects: Catholic literature; Protestant literature; Publishing; Christian literature; History and criticism; Translations; Imitatio Christi; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-334) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Imitatio Christi in the context of late medieval devotion; title: The Imitatio Christi and the Devotio moderna; title: From manuscript classic to early printed bestseller: the Imitatio Christi in Europe, c.1470-1530; title: Nourishing lay hunger for devotional works: English and French translations of the Imitatio Christi, c.1480-c.1530; title: The printed world of the Imitatio Christi, c.1531-1620: Protestant editions in Latin and the vernacular; title: The translation of the Imitatio Christi by Protestants; title: The place of the Imitatio Christi in the Protestant world; title: The printed world of the Imitatio Christi, c.1531-1620: Jesuit editions in Latin and the vernacular; title: "The partridge of spiritual books": Ignatius Loyola, the Spiritual exercises, and Jesuit appropriation of the Imitatio Christi; title: The place of Thomas à Kempis' Imitatio Christi in the ministry of Jesuit spirituality; title: Conclusion.