Author: RYDER [EDITED BY THOMAS CURRAN], ANDREW
Title: Visions Of Light: The English Spiritual Writers Of The Fourteenth Century
Description: Carmelite Centre Of Spirituality, UK, 1981. Paperback. Very Good Condition. 9780860880233 56 pages. The English Spiritual Writers Of The Fourteenth Century. From the Living Flame Series Volume Twelve. -Bracketed as it is by those two ill-fated kings, Edward II and Richard II, the fourteenth century is not outstanding as a period of English history from the social or economic point of view. The waning of medieval culture already begins with this century, although the decay was to be accelerated in the following one until finally the whole structure collapsed, giving rise to a new order of thoughts and ideas. But the fourteenth century was not without its brighter side. It was a time, above all, in which the nation was beginning to assert its identity, not only through war but also in learning, art and literature. This was the age of Langland, Gower and Chaucer, masters of Middle English and begetters of the country's literature properly so-called. The fourteenth century in England has been summed up by one historian in the following words: 'With all the faults and scandals of the times, and they were many, it was at the same time a profoundly religious period. It was the golden age of the English Mystics'. These mystics are the concen of the present volume. It examines the sources of their teaching, and their spiritual preoccupations: knowledge of God, nature and grace, and the stages in the road to spiritual perfection?the way of love.? Book - in Very Good paper covers. Contents, clean, bright and tightly bound. Size: 7.75 inches tall by 5.25 inches. 56 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 0.07 kilos. Category: Booklets & Pamphlets; ISBN: 0860880230. ISBN/EAN: 9780860880233. Inventory No: 196249.

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