The Sisterbook of Master Geert's House, Deventer: The Lives and Spirituality of the Sisters, C. 1390-C. 1460

by G H Gerrits

The Sisterbook of Master Geert's House contains the lives of sixty-four Sisters of the Common Life who died between 1398 and 1456. Founded as an alms-house for destitute women in 1374, by the end of the fourteenth century Master Geert's House had become a home for women desiring to live a life of humility and penitence, as well as in community of goods without vows. The Sisterbook was likely written sometime between 1460 and 1470, at a time...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503602495
• ISBN13: 9782503602493
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.