1st Edition
Devotio Moderna and the Medieval University Cultures of Devotion and Learning
By Luke Rohan Tucker
Copyright 2027
289 Pages
by
Routledge
Devotio Moderna and the Medieval University explores the origins and intellectual legacy of the Devotio Moderna, a Christian movement born from Geert Grote’s transformative rejection of worldly learning, which went on to inspire key figures of the Reformation, including Erasmus, Ignatius of Loyola, Luther, and Calvin.
Through an analysis of its Augustinian foundations and its disruptive stance... Read more
Table of Contents
1. Confrontations with University Culture
2. Augustinian Imaginary
3. New Options: Universitas
4. Exhortations to Reading
5. Time, Reading, and Rhythms of Life
6. Book-copying and Book-production
7. Pastoral Care and Teaching
8. Erasmus and the Universitas
9. Conclusions: Writing within the University
Biography
Dr Luke Tucker completed his PhD in History at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has taught medieval Latin and early modern history, and has published on the Devotio Moderna, Christian intellectual history and the history of Evangelicalism in Australia.
