Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / R. R. Post -- Preface / R. R. Post -- List of Abbreviations / R. R. Post -- Introduction / R. R. Post -- Chapter One Geert Groote as Revealed in his Letters and Books / R. R. Post -- Chapter Two How is Groote’s Life Described in the Earlier Vitae ? / R. R. Post -- Chapter Three The Disciples of Geert Groote / R. R. Post -- Chapter Four The Task of the Brethren / R. R. Post -- Chapter Five The Sisters of the Common Life 1383–1420 / R. R. Post -- Chapter Six The Opposition to Both Institutions, and the Defence / R. R. Post -- Chapter Seven The Monastery and the Chapter of Windesheim / R. R. Post -- Chapter Eight The Writings of the First Devotionalists on Spirituality and Piety from 1384 to 1424 / R. R. Post -- Chapter Nine The Brethren of the Common Life from 1420 to 1480/85 / R. R. Post -- Chapter Ten John Pupper of Goch. Wessel Gansfort. Gabriel Biel. Frederik of Heilo / R. R. Post -- Chapter Eleven The Sisters from c. 1420 to c. 1480 / R. R. Post -- Chapter Twelve The Windesheimers from 1425 to 1486 / R. R. Post -- Chapter Thirteen Thomas a Kempis, The Author of the Imitation . The Methodical Meditation. Wessel Gansfort’s Ascetic Works. John Mombaer. / R. R. Post -- Chapter Fourteen The Brethren of the Common Life after c. 1485 / R. R. Post -- Chapter Fifteen The Windesheimers after C. 1485 / R. R. Post -- Index of Persons / R. R. Post -- Index of Places / R. R. Post -- Index of Subjects / R. R. Post.

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