John Van Engen is Andrew V. Tackes Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame and author of Rupert of Deutz, among other works.
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List of Illustrations Introduction: The Devotio Moderna and Modern History 1. Converts in the Middle Ages —Conversion as a Medieval Form of Life —Converts in the Low Countries —Circles of Converts at Strassburg and Brussels —Converts Under Suspicion: Legislating Against Beguines and Free Spirits 2. Modern-Day Converts in the Low Countries —The Low Countries —Households of Devout Women —Societies of Devout Men —Modern-Day Conversion 3. Suspicion and Inquisition —Suspicion of Devout Practices —Charge and Counter-Charge in the Mid-1390s —Sisters Under Inquisition, 1396-1397: Friar Eylard Schoneveld Intervenes —Resisting the Inquisitor: Legal Tactics —Awaiting the Bishop's Decision, 1398-1401 4. From Converts to Communites: Tertiaries, Sisters, Brothers, Schoolboys, Canons —Tertiaries "Living the Common Life" —Sisters of the Common Life —Brothers of the Common Life —Schoolboys —Windesheim Canons and Canonesses —An Option for Enclosure: Male Canons and Female Tertiaries 5. Inventing a Communal Household: Goods, Customs, Labor, and "Republican" Harmony —Living Together Without Personal Property —House Customs and Personal Exercises —Obedience and Humility in a Voluntary Community —Labor: Living from the Work of Their Own Hands —Communal Gatherings and a "Republican" Impulse 6. Defending the Modern-Day Devout: Expansion Under Scrutiny —Women's Houses and Converting Schoolboys: Burgher Critics at Zwolle —Friar Matthew Grabow and the Council of Constance —The Sisters and the Aldermen in Conflict at Deventer: The Women's Narrative —Institutionalizing Under Scrutiny 7. Proposing a Theological Rationale: The Freedom of the "Christian Religion" —Place in Society: Taking on the "Estate of the Perfect" —John Pupper of Goch (d. 1475) —Gospel Law and the Freedom of the Christian Religion 8. Taking the Spiritual Offensive: Caring for the Self, Examining the Soul, Progressing in Virtue —Reading, Writing, and the Lay Tongue —Exhortation in Public and Correction in Private —Spiritual Guidance and Mutual Reproof —Modern-Day Devotion: Examining the Self, Making Progress, Experiencing Peace Conclusion: Private Gatherings and Self-Made Societies in the Fifteenth Century —The Question of an Afterlife Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations Introduction: The Devotio Moderna and Modern History 1. Converts in the Middle Ages —Conversion as a Medieval Form of Life —Converts in the Low Countries —Circles of Converts at Strassburg and Brussels —Converts Under Suspicion: Legislating Against Beguines and Free Spirits 2. Modern-Day Converts in the Low Countries —The Low Countries —Households of Devout Women —Societies of Devout Men —Modern-Day Conversion 3. Suspicion and Inquisition —Suspicion of Devout Practices —Charge and Counter-Charge in the Mid-1390s —Sisters Under Inquisition, 1396-1397: Friar Eylard Schoneveld Intervenes —Resisting the Inquisitor: Legal Tactics —Awaiting the Bishop's Decision, 1398-1401 4. From Converts to Communites: Tertiaries, Sisters, Brothers, Schoolboys, Canons —Tertiaries "Living the Common Life" —Sisters of the Common Life —Brothers of the Common Life —Schoolboys —Windesheim Canons and Canonesses —An Option for Enclosure: Male Canons and Female Tertiaries 5. Inventing a Communal Household: Goods, Customs, Labor, and "Republican" Harmony —Living Together Without Personal Property —House Customs and Personal Exercises —Obedience and Humility in a Voluntary Community —Labor: Living from the Work of Their Own Hands —Communal Gatherings and a "Republican" Impulse 6. Defending the Modern-Day Devout: Expansion Under Scrutiny —Women's Houses and Converting Schoolboys: Burgher Critics at Zwolle —Friar Matthew Grabow and the Council of Constance —The Sisters and the Aldermen in Conflict at Deventer: The Women's Narrative —Institutionalizing Under Scrutiny 7. Proposing a Theological Rationale: The Freedom of the "Christian Religion" —Place in Society: Taking on the "Estate of the Perfect" —John Pupper of Goch (d. 1475) —Gospel Law and the Freedom of the Christian Religion 8. Taking the Spiritual Offensive: Caring for the Self, Examining the Soul, Progressing in Virtue —Reading, Writing, and the Lay Tongue —Exhortation in Public and Correction in Private —Spiritual Guidance and Mutual Reproof —Modern-Day Devotion: Examining the Self, Making Progress, Experiencing Peace Conclusion: Private Gatherings and Self-Made Societies in the Fifteenth Century —The Question of an Afterlife Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
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