Forerunners of the Reformation: The Shape of Late Medieval Thought (Library of Ecclesiastical History)
By Heiko A. Oberman.
Description
Oberman's magisterial work transfers discussion of late medieval Christian thought from the private studies of the specialist to more general use and understanding, and explains the significance of the ideas of the time. Although this 'Late Medieval Reader' does not exhaust the riches of the period between the High Middle Ages and the Reformation era, it introduces the reader to aspects of such major themes as conciliarism, curialism, mysticism, scholasticism, the spirituality of the Devotio Moderna, and the impact of Renaissance humanism.The theme of the Forerunners has grow...
ISBN(s)
0227170458, 9780227170458
