John Van Engen
Autore di Devotio Moderna: Basic Writings
Sull'Autore
John Van Engen is Andrew V. Tackes Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame
Serie
Opere di John Van Engen
Educating People of Faith: Exploring the History of Jewish and Christian Communities (2004) 50 copie
Sisters and Brothers of the Common Life: The Devotio Moderna and the World of the Later Middle Ages (2008) 21 copie
Opere correlate
Making Higher Education Christian: The History and Mission of Evangelical Colleges in America (1987) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1947-08-23
- Sesso
- male
- Istruzione
- Calvin College (BA)
University of California, Los Angeles (PhD) - Attività lavorative
- professor (History)
historian - Organizzazioni
- University of Notre Dame
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 8
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 229
- Popolarità
- #98,340
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 12
That said, this is a very densely written book which contains almost more material than required to support its arguments. At times I lost track of the overall narrative while attempting to keep straight the actors in isolated events. Van Engen's prose doesn't help this—at times it's quite awkward, grammatically incorrect (so many comma splices!), and occasionally so syntactically bizarre that it belies the Acknowledgements' claim that proofreaders worked on this. Recommended, but only for the interested academic reader, I think.… (altro)