The office in Dominican legislation -- Detachment, order, and observance in Johannes Tauler and Heinrich Seuse -- Liturgical devotion and visionary order in the fourteenth-century sisterbooks -- The office in Dominican legislation -- Contemplative visualization versus liturgical piety in Johannes Nider -- Liturgical community and observant spirituality in the work of Johannes Meyer
Summary
In Ruling the Spirit, Claire Taylor Jones revises the narrative of women's involvement in the German Dominican order arguing that Dominican women did not lose their piety and literacy in the fifteenth century, as is commonly believed but, instead, were encouraged to reframe their practice around the observance of the Divine Office
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-216) and index
