Buch der göttlichen Tröstung
- Language:
- German
- Status:
- Complete work
- Authorship:
- Written by the author
- Condition of the text:
- Some scanning errors (automatic measure over the whole text, not checked by hand) · 1 illegible passage, excluded from answers
- Extent:
- ~25,100 words · 119 passages
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- APAMeister Eckhart. (n.d.). Buch der göttlichen Tröstung. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/meister-eckhart/buch-der-gottlichen-trostung
- MLAMeister Eckhart. Buch der göttlichen Tröstung. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/en/works/meister-eckhart/buch-der-gottlichen-trostung.
- ChicagoMeister Eckhart. Buch der göttlichen Tröstung. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/meister-eckhart/buch-der-gottlichen-trostung.
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What it is about
The Book of Divine Consolation, in MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN.
Context and history
Eckhart wrote it for Queen Agnes of Hungary, in the vernacular and not in Latin — which is what made him dangerous. He was tried for heresy and died before sentence. Preaching in German put mysticism within reach of the unschooled.
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