List of Illustrations
Introduction: The Devotio Moderna and Modern History
1. Converts in the Middle Ages
-Conversion as a Medieval Form of Life
-Converts in the Low Countries
-Circles of Converts at Strassburg and Brussels
-Converts Under Suspicion: Legislating Against Beguines and Free Spirits
2. Modern-Day Converts in the Low Countries
-The Low Countries
-Households of Devout Women
-Societies of Devout Men
-Modern-Day Conversion
3. Suspicion and Inquisition
-Suspicion of Devout Practices
-Charge and Counter-Charge in the Mid-1390s
-Sisters Under Inquisition, 1396-1397: Friar Eylard Schoneveld Intervenes
-Resisting the Inquisitor: Legal Tactics
-Awaiting the Bishop's Decision, 1398-1401
4. From Converts to Communites: Tertiaries, Sisters, Brothers, Schoolboys, Canons
-Tertiaries "Living the Common Life"
-Sisters of the Common Life
-Brothers of the Common Life
-Schoolboys
-Windesheim Canons and Canonesses
-An Option for Enclosure: Male Canons and Female Tertiaries
5. Inventing a Communal Household: Goods, Customs, Labor, and "Republican" Harmony
-Living Together Without Personal Property
-House Customs and Personal Exercises
-Obedience and Humility in a Voluntary Community
-Labor: Living from the Work of Their Own Hands
-Communal Gatherings and a "Republican" Impulse
6. Defending the Modern-Day Devout: Expansion Under Scrutiny
-Women's Houses and Converting Schoolboys: Burgher Critics at Zwolle
-Friar Matthew Grabow and the Council of Constance
-The Sisters and the Aldermen in Conflict at Deventer: The Women's Narrative
-Institutionalizing Under Scrutiny
7. Proposing a Theological Rationale: The Freedom of the "Christian Religion"
-Place in Society: Taking on the "Estate of the Perfect"
-John Pupper of Goch (d. 1475)
-Gospel Law and the Freedom of the Christian Religion
8. Taking the Spiritual Offensive: Caring for the Self, Examining the Soul, Progressing in Virtue
-Reading, Writing, and the Lay Tongue
-Exhortation in Public and Correction in Private
-Spiritual Guidance and Mutual Reproof
-Modern-Day Devotion: Examining the Self, Making Progress, Experiencing Peace
Conclusion: Private Gatherings and Self-Made Societies in the Fifteenth Century
-The Question of an Afterlife
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
