Between Saint James and Erasmus: Studies in Late-Medieval Religious Life : Devotions and Pilgrimages in the Netherlands

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BRILL, Jan 1, 2003 - Religion - 703 pages
This volume is divided into four sections: late medieval devotion in the Netherlands; medieval Christian pilgrimage; the medieval cult of St. James the Great and Erasmiana. Variety and coherence sound the keynote in the title and the contents of the book. Religious concepts and expressions of religious faith such as pilgrimages and indulgences are representative of late-medieval Christianity. In this book they refer specifically to the medieval cult of St. James the Great, while for Erasmus they were an object of his critical consideration. The whole book can be read in the light of the debate about the tension between an appreciation for outward signs of faith, and the inward experience of religious belief, which Erasmus considered an absolute necessity.

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Contents

The Cult of
15
CHAPTER THREE LateMedieval Religion and Expression
36
The Via Crucis and the Via Captivitatis
81
CHAPTER FIVE Medieval Pilgrimages
125
Medieval Places of Pilgrimage in the Northern
205
CHAPTER SIX Pilgrimages to Rome from the North
211
CHAPTER SEVEN Did Christian Pilgrimages Affect
241
Some
253
CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Spanish Cult of St James
451
The emperor Charles V as James Matamoros
493
the Image
509
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Erasmus and his Ad Fontes
534
Appearance
562
Erasmus on Cain
593
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN A Debate 16881690 about
596
CHAPTER NINETEEN Erasmuss Doctorate in Turin Free
637

CHAPTER NINE The Origins of the Cult of St James
311
CHAPTER TEN The Integrity of the Text of the Liber Sancti
355
CHAPTER ELEVEN Obligatory Pilgrimages and the Cult
379
CHAPTER TWELVE The Apostle James the Great
413
Latin text and English Translation of Erasmuss
663
Index of Places
681
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Jan van Herwaarden, Ph.D. (1978) in History, University of Groningen, holds the dr Elie van Rijckevorsel chair as Professor in the History of Medieval and Renaissance Culture at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has published extensively, chiefly in Dutch, on medieval Christian pilgrimages (esp. Santiago de Compostela), late-medieval devotion and Erasmus

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