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1380, Kempen, Germany
Death:
1471, Zwolle
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Thomas à Kempis, CRV was a German-Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, published anonymously in Latin in the Netherlands c. 1418–1427, one of the most popular and best known Christian devotional books. His name means "Thomas of Kempen", Kempen being his home town.
He was a member of the Modern Devotion, a spiritual movement during the late medieval period, and a follower of Geert Groote and Florens Radewyns, the founders of the Brethren of the Common Life.
He was a member of the Modern Devotion, a spiritual movement during the late medieval period, and a follower of Geert Groote and Florens Radewyns, the founders of the Brethren of the Common Life.
No own Low German works, only translations or works about Low German.
Works authored by Thomas
Editions:
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📖Imitatio Christi, mnd. Book van der Nafolginge Jesu Christi (Buch 1-3). Mohnkopfdrucker (Hans van Ghetelen), Lübeck 1489 -
📖Thomas a Kempis: Imitatio Christi, mnd. Mohnkopfdrucker (Hans van Ghetelen), Lübeck 1492 -
📖Imitatio Christi, mnd., P. 1-3. Mohnkopfdrucker, Lübeck 1496 -
📖De imitatione Christi, mnd. Moritz Brandis, Magdeburg 1501 -
📖De imitatione Christi, mnd. Bungart, Hermann, Köln [ca. 1505] -
📖Imitatio Christi, mnd. Van der Nachvolginge Jhes Cristi. Hermann Barkhusen, Rostock 1507 -
📖Nafolginge Christi. Münster [1567]
