The Limburg sermons : preaching in the medieval Low Countries at the turn of the fourteenth century / / by Wybren Scheepsma ; translated by David F. Johnson.

• Superior document: Brill's series in church history, v. 34
• Author: Scheepsma, Wybren, 1962-
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's series in church history ; d. 34.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (502 p.)
• Notes: Translated from the Dutch.

For a long time it was thought that there were no Middle Dutch sermons dating from the thirteenth century. It was only after J.P. Gumbert had redated the manuscript from The Hague containing the Limburg Sermons that its contents could be assigned to that century. Most of the Limburg Sermons appear to be translations of the Middle High German St. Georgen sermons . But sixteen of these texts are known only in Middle Dutch, and among these is to be found material drawn from the works of Hadewijch and Beatrijs van Nazareth. Thus the Limburg Sermons emerge to take their place in the famous tradition of Brabantine mysticism.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / W. Scheepsma -- Chapter One. Introduction / W. Scheepsma -- Chapter Two. The textual corpus / W. Scheepsma -- Chapter Three. Form and function / W. Scheepsma -- Chapter Four. Backgrounds / W. Scheepsma -- Appendix I. Codicological description of manuscript H / Erik Kwakkel -- Appendix II. The Limburg Sermons according to manuscript H / W. Scheepsma -- Appendix III. Concordance / W. Scheepsma -- Appendix IV. ‘Brothers’ in manuscript H / W. Scheepsma -- Appendix V. Two Limburg sermons in translation / W. Scheepsma -- Bibliography / W. Scheepsma -- Index of manuscripts / W. Scheepsma -- Index / W. Scheepsma.