Thomas à Kempis
Dialogues of the Novices and Lives of the Founders
Written work
Dialogues of the Novices and Lives of the Founders
Dialogus noviciorum (con las Vitae Gerardi Magni, Florentii et discipulorum)

A didactic dialogue between a master and a novice that includes the lives of Geert Grote, Florens Radewijns and nine of their disciples, such as Jan van de Gronde and Jan Brinckerinck. It is one of the main sources for the founders of the devotio moderna, written by someone who knew several of them.
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English
Thomas à Kempis
The Founders of the New Devotion
The Conscious LibraryThe Founders of the New Devotion
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner (Londres), 1905
Translation: J. P. Arthur
Latín
Thomas à Kempis
Thomae Hemerken a Kempis Opera omnia
The Conscious LibraryThomae Hemerken a Kempis Opera omnia
Herder (Friburgo de Brisgovia), 1902
Ed. crítica de M. J. Pohl, 7 vols., 1902–1922.
Deutsch
Thomas à Kempis
Das Leben Meister Gerhards
The Conscious LibraryDas Leben Meister Gerhards
Kulmbach, 2016
Vida de Geert Grote; ISBN no verificado en catálogo.
Other works by Thomas à Kempis
- The Imitation of Christ · 1441
- Imitation of Christ, Book I: Admonitions Useful for the Spiritual Life · 1424
- Imitation of Christ, Book II: Admonitions Drawing toward the Inner Life · 1427
- Imitation of Christ, Book III: On Inner Consolation · 1430
- Imitation of Christ, Book IV: On the Blessed Sacrament · 1430
- The Soliloquy of the Soul · 1435
- The Little Garden of Roses · 1440
- The Valley of Lilies · 1440
- Of the Three Tabernacles · 1440
- On the Discipline of Cloistered Religious · 1440
- Of the Faithful Steward · 1440
- Letter to a Cellarer · 1440
- Of True Compunction of Heart · 1440
- Little Book of Spiritual Exercise · 1440
- On the Elevation of the Mind · 1440
- Manual for the Young · 1440
- Manual for Little Ones · 1440
- Hospice of the Poor · 1440
- Consolation of the Poor and the Sick · 1440
- Little Alphabet of a Good Monk · 1440
- Sermons to the Novices Regular · 1440
- Sermons on the Life and Passion of Our Lord; A Meditation on the Incarnation · 1440
- Prayers and Meditations on the Life of Christ · 1440
- Life of St Lidwina of Schiedam · 1448
- The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St Agnes · 1471
- Canticles and Hymns · 1450
- Letters · 1450
Sources
- Thomas à Kempis. The Founders of the New Devotion, being the Lives of Gerard Groote, Florentius Radewin and their Followers. Trad. J. P. Arthur. Londres: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1905.
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