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Gerhard Faix
Gabriel Biel und die Brüder vom Gemeinsamen Leben
Quellen und Untersuchungen zu Verfassung und Selbstverständnis des Oberdeutschen Generalkapitels
[Gabriel Biel and the Brethren of the Common Life. Sources and Studies of the Constitution and the Self-Concept of the Upper German General Chapter. By Gerhard Faix.]
1999. XI, 423 pages. Published in German.
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The community of the 'Brethren of the Common Life' was founded in the Netherlands in the 14th century as a reform movement and spread very quickly through Belgium to Germany. The Brethren eventually played an important part in Württemberg, since Eberhard im Bart, the ruler of Württemberg at that time, integrated them systematically into church and educational politics, and the Brethren founded and educated their own organization, the Upper German General Chapter.
Gabriel Biel, the leading theologian of the Brethren, became the ruler's closest adviser and professor of theology at the newly founded University of Tübingen. In spite of their enormous significance for Württemberg in the late Middle Ages, up to now there had been no general portrayal of the Upper German General Chapter due to the poor sources available. This critical edition presents for the first time central, previously unknown texts on the Brethren.
Gabriel Biel, the leading theologian of the Brethren, became the ruler's closest adviser and professor of theology at the newly founded University of Tübingen. In spite of their enormous significance for Württemberg in the late Middle Ages, up to now there had been no general portrayal of the Upper German General Chapter due to the poor sources available. This critical edition presents for the first time central, previously unknown texts on the Brethren.