From Eckhart To Ruusbroec: A Critical Inheritance Of Mystical Themes In The Fourteenth Century (mediaevalia Lovaniensia) [Paperback]

In this thorough textual, historical, and doctrinal study, Satoshi Kikuchi seeks to clarify the relationship between two prominent mystics of the fourteenth century: Meister Eckhart, the German Dominican, and Jan van Ruusbroec, the Brabantine Augustinian. Special attention is paid to Ruusbroec's criticism of mystical tenets circulating in Brabant at that time, which were both textually and doctrinally related to Eckharts condemned propositions in the papal bull In agro dominico.

This fact implies that Ruusbroec was confronted with the impact of the condemnation of Eckharts doctrines on the people in Brabant. Situating Ruusbroecs life and works within the aftermath of Eckharts arrival, the author elucidates Ruusbroecs position regarding the relevant mystical themes in the later Middle Ages and follows a process of critical inheritance of mystical tradition from Eckhart to Ruusbroec.