Ludo J. R. Milis Religion, Culture, and Mentalities in the Medieval Low Countries Selected Essays

"Ludo Mills graduated from Ghent University in 1961 as the last student of Francois-Louis Ganshof, who in the years after Henri Pirenne's retirement was the most prominent representative of the famous "Ghent School" of medieval history." "This collection contains eleven essays published between 1969 and 1990. Most of them appeared in Dutch or French and have now been translated into English; two essays previously published in English were newly edited. All provide unique insight in the major themes of Milis's work: the religious history of the Low Countries during the early and high Middle Ages, as well as the problem of religious conversion and persuasion; the rise of regular canons in the eleventh and twelfth centuries (also the subject of his doctoral dissertation on the order of Arrouaise, published in 1969); the uses of power and ideology; and the history of French Flanders. All bear witness to Milis's inspiring ability to ask original, probing questions and to write historical syntheses accessible to a wide audience."--BOOK JACKET.Deploige, J. is the author of 'Ludo J. R. Milis Religion, Culture, and Mentalities in the Medieval Low Countries Selected Essays', published 2005 under ISBN 9782503518909 and ISBN 2503518907.