 | Sisters and Brothers of the Common Life: The Devotio Moderna and the World of the Later Middle Ages Subjects: Christian communities -- History; Societies living in common without vows -- History; Communalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History; Spiritual life -- Christianity -- History; John Van Engen studies the Devotio Moderna, or Modern Devout, within their own time and space, the social and religious conditions that marked towns and parishes in northern Europe during the fifteenth century, and their challenge to received notions of religion within the widespread upheavals in cultural and religious life of the period. 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. |
