Mysticism and Reform, 1400-1750

Book Overview

The apparent disappearance of mysticism in the Protestant world after the Reformation used to be taken as an example of the arrival of modernity. However, as recent studies in history and literary history reveal, the "Reformation" was not experienced in such a drastically transformative manner, not least because the later Middle Ages itself was marked by a series of reform movements within the Catholic Church in which mysticism played a central...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268038988
• ISBN13: 9780268038984
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"