The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes
Overview
This spirited account of the founding of the house of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes chronicles such things as the first building erected at the monastery, how the brothers survived with little food and clothing, the consecration of the first chapel and altar, their daily life during the plague, and more. A riveting window into medieval monastic life and late fifteenth-century Christianity.
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- Note by the translator
- Brief accounts of the lives of some of the Brethren
- Title: The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes
- Author: Thomas à Kempis
- Translator: J. P. Arthur
- Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
- Publication Date: 1906
- Pages: 234
Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380–1471) was a late-Medieval Catholic monk and the probable author of The Imitation of Christ—a classic in Christian literature and one of the best-known books on Christian devotion. His name means “Thomas of Kempen,” his hometown, and in German he is known as Thomas von Kempen. He also is known by various spellings of his family name: Thomas Haemerkken, Thomas Hammerlein, Thomas Hemerken, and Thomas Hämerken.
As he traveled with his brother to attend school in the Netherlands, he was introduced to the Brethren of the Common Life—followers of Gerard Groote's Modern Devotion movement. After finishing school, he joined the Mount St. Agnes monastery, where he spent the rest of his life in devotion and prayer.
Thomas' sermons, meditations, and prayers—compiled in The Works of Thomas à Kempis (7 vols) have influenced many Christian writers.