Treatise Written to a Devout Man: Medieval Christian Guidance on Humility, Prayer, Self-Knowledge, and Contemplative Reform - Couverture souple
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Walter Hilton's Treatise Written to a Devout Man is a compact work of pastoral theology, offering guidance to one seeking a disciplined inward life while remaining attentive to the obligations of Christian conduct. Written in the plain yet probing idiom of late medieval English devotion, it balances affective piety, moral correction, and practical counsel. Its literary context is the flourishing of fourteenth-century vernacular spirituality, alongside works intended not for scholastic specialists but for serious readers pursuing contemplative reform. Hilton, an Augustinian canon and one of the major English mystical writers, is best known for The Scale of Perfection. His religious vocation, theological learning, and pastoral sensitivity shaped his concern to make contemplative ideals intelligible and safe for devout Christians outside narrowly academic settings. Living in an age marked by spiritual hunger, ecclesiastical anxiety, and expanding lay literacy, Hilton wrote with a discerning awareness of both aspiration and danger in the devotional life. This treatise is recommended to readers interested in medieval mysticism, spiritual direction, and the history of English prose. It offers not dramatic revelation but sober wisdom: a lucid map of humility, self-knowledge, prayer, and perseverance, still valuable for understanding how medieval Christians imagined the path toward God.
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Walter Hilton's Treatise Written to a Devout Man is a compact work of pastoral theology, offering guidance to one seeking a disciplined inward life while remaining attentive to the obligations of Christian conduct. Written in the plain yet probing idiom of late medieval English devotion, it balances affective piety, moral correction, and practical counsel. Its literary context is the flourishing of fourteenth-century vernacular spirituality, alongside works intended not for scholastic specialists but for serious readers pursuing contemplative reform. Hilton, an Augustinian canon and one of the major English mystical writers, is best known for The Scale of Perfection. His religious vocation, theological learning, and pastoral sensitivity shaped his concern to make contemplative ideals intelligible and safe for devout Christians outside narrowly academic settings. Living in an age marked by spiritual hunger, ecclesiastical anxiety, and expanding lay literacy, Hilton wrote with a discerning awareness of both aspiration and danger in the devotional life. This treatise is recommended to readers interested in medieval mysticism, spiritual direction, and the history of English prose. It offers not dramatic revelation but sober wisdom: a lucid map of humility, self-knowledge, prayer, and perseverance, still valuable for understanding how medieval Christians imagined the path toward God. N° de réf. du vendeur 9788028377021
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