Gerardus Magnus - Opera omnia IV, 1: Epistolae

Rijcklof Hofman, Marinus van den Berg (eds). Pages: cii + 402 p. Illustrations:4 tables b/w. Language(s):Latin, English, Middle Dutch. Publication Year:2025. Brepols. ISBN: 978-2-503-61362-8. Hardback . CC CM, 318-318A present the collected letters of Geert Grote (Gerardus Magnus, 1340-1384), founder of the late medieval Dutch Church reform movement Devotio moderna. The collection consists of 83 letters, most of them written by Grote, but some of them by his correspondents to or about him; three of them have never been edited before. As so often, Grote blurs various genres, and as a consequence some letters travel under the moniker ‘letter’, although they can better be characterized as small treatises or as pieces of juridical advice (consilia). Grote’s correspondence with well over thirty individuals from a variety of secular, monastic, and ecclesiastical backgrounds in the Low Countries and beyond offers a unique insight into the practical, pastoral dimensions of the Devotio moderna movement as well as the theological concerns of Grote and his contemporaries. Each of the edited letters is accompanied by an introduction, some of those written in both Latin and Middle Dutch by an apparatus comparatiuus, indicating in detail all discrepancies between the translation and the source text. Extensive introductions complete the two volumes. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Epistolae Gerardi Magni – ed. R. Hofman, M. van den Berg.…