Introduction: Faithful to the Cross in a Moving World: Late Medieval Carthusians as Devotional Reformers

Mathilde van Dijk, José van Aelst, Tom Gaens

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    Abstract

    This is the introduction to the thematic issue Faithful to the Cross in a Moving World: Late Medieval Carthusians as Devotional Reformers. The editors discuss how the Carthusian order expanded in the Late Middle Ages and how, in contrast to the first Carthusians, new charterhouses were created in or close to the cities. The introduction studies how this change came about, connecting it to the order's origin in the monastic reform movement of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the changing economy of piety in the Late Middle Ages, and developing ideas as to what was the best form of religious of religious life.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number1
    Pages (from-to)1-12
    Number of pages12
    JournalChurch history and religious culture
    Volume96
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Keywords

    • Cultural History of Christianity, Late Medieval Reform, Carthusians

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