In 1519, the German theologian and humanist Johann Eck published an edition and commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius’ Mystical theology . By examining this edition, this article explores the early modern reception of Pseudo-Dionysius and the influences that shaped Eck as a scholar. It categorises these influences into humanism, scholasticism and affective theology, analysing how each impacted his...
A strange tongue. Tradition, language and the appropriation of mystical experience in late fourteenth-century England and sixteenth-century Spain. By John D. Green. (Studies in Spirituality. Supplement, 9.) Pp. viii+227 incl. frontispiece and 5 ills. Leuven–Paris–Dudley, MA: Peeters, 2002. €30 (paper). 90 429 1236 7 - Volume 56 Issue 1