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Gerson, Jean, 1363-1429 (chancellor of the University of Paris)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1363 - 1429

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De modo vivendi omnium fidelium by Jean Gerson, early 16th century

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Identifier: MS 114/ff. 10r-18v
Contents A work by the Franch scholar Jean Gerson (1363 - 1429), Chancellor of the University of Paris from 1395 and prominent personality during the Western Schism (1378 - 1417). ('On the way all the faithful should live' is divided in short chapters each addressed to a different category of people (for example, nobles, soldiers, husbands and wives, parents and children and so on) with specific advice for each. The original foliation of the manuscript begins here (partly followed by Catherine...
Dates: early 16th century