The Spirituality of the Middle Ages

by Jean Leclercq, Francois Vandenbroucke, Louis Bouyer

A HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
(3 Volume Box Set)

VOL. I: THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE FATHERS

"Fr. Bouyer's is a mind erudite,
brilliant, and endowed with teaching capacity: above all the mind of one with a deep experience of the life of the spirit. . . . This is a book to be read more than once and to be kept as a book of reference prepared by a fine scholar as well as an anthology from a master of quotation and of critical presentation." —Expository Times

"A real achievement and a welcome addition to a better type of writing
on Christian spirituality in English."
— The Heythrop Journal

"Should be bought for every Catholic library that has a shelf on Christian
spirituality. Compared to it most of its companion studies will seem of tinsel."
—Catholie Herald

VOL. II: THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE MIDDLE AGES

The only comprehensive guide available on the development of Christian spirituality in this most important period. The authors tackle their fascinating subject in two stages: from the sixth century to the beginning of the thirteenth (a continuation of the age of the Fathers), and from the twelfth to the dawn of the sixteenth century.

VOL. Ill: ORTHODOX SPIRITUALITY AND
PROTESTANT AND ANGLICAN SPIRITUALITY

This last volume of A HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY surveys Orthodox spirituality, the rebirth of Greek spirituality, and the development of Protestant and Anglican spirituality. A massive achievement, this volume brings into sharp focus a difficult and complex period of Church history.

Genres: Church History, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published December 31, 1968

About the author

Dom Jean LeClercq, O.S.B. was a French Benedictine monk, and author of a classic study on Lectio Divina and the history of inter-monastic dialogue. As a young man, he entered Clervaux Abbey in Luxembourg, of which monastery he remained a monk until his death.