Windesheim Monastery - Windesheim Monastery

...This was a religious order of lay people who lived a devout communal life according to the Bible, based on his spiritual desire, called "Devotio moderna," and supported their lives by copying books and educational activities. This religious movement spread throughout the Netherlands and Germany, and the Windesheim Abbey (founded by Radewijns and others in 1387 on the southern outskirts of Zwolle), which eventually produced famous mystics and humanists such as Thomas à Kempis, was its greatest crystallization. [Hiroshi Kawaguchi]...

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Windesheim Priory" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…これは〈新しき信心Devotio moderna〉と呼ばれる彼の求道心にのっとり，聖書に従って敬虔な共同生活を営む平信徒の教団で，書籍の筆写や教育活動によってその生活を支えた。この宗教運動はネーデルラント一円とドイツに広まり，やがてトマス･ア･ケンピスら著名な神秘思想家，人文主義者を輩出するウィンデスヘイム修道会(ラーデウェインスらが1387年，ズウォレ南郊に設立)は，いわばその一大結晶であった。【川口 博】。…

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