Vices and virtues
By: Denis the Carthusian, ecstatic doctor ; translated from the original Latin by Íde M. Ní Riain.
Contributors: Ní Riain, Íde M.
Publisher: Four Courts
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781846821639
Subjects: Denis, -- the Carthusian, -- 1402-1471; Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Description: A study of the flawed human condition, by a hermit writing in the 15th century. Denis the Carthusian presents examples of the various vices and virtues of mankind throughout the centuries.
Notes: "This book is a translation of the Summa de Vitiis et Virtutibus sive illuminatorium salutaris scientiae, Libro duo' in Doctoris Ecstatici D. Dionysii Cartusiani Oper a Minora, VII, Tornaci, Typis Cartusiae S.M. de Pratis, 1910, 'ex editione Coloniensi Joannis Soteris, 1533" -- T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. xii).

Translated from the Latin.