Forerunners of the Reformation: The Shape of Late Medieval Thought

Oberman's magisterial work transfers discussion of late medieval Christian thought from the private studies of the specialist to more general use and understanding, and explains the significance of the ideas of the time. Includes selections from John Brevicoxa's "Treatise on Faith", Jacob Hoeck's "Excerpt from a Letter to Wessel Gansfort", Wessel Gansfort's "Letter in Reply to Hoeck", Robert Holcot's "Lectures on the Wisdom of Solomon", Thomas Bradwardine's "The Cause of God Against the Pelagians", Gabriel Biel's "The Circumcision o the Lord", Johann von Staupitz "Eternal Predestination and Its Execution in Time", Jan Hus's "The Church", Pope Pius II's "Execrabilis", Thomas De Vio's "Celebration of the Mass", Sylvester Prierias's "Word and Sacrament", Cornelisz Hoen's "Most Christian Letter", Jacobus Faber Stapulensis "Introduction to Commentary on the Psalms" and "Introduction to the Commentaries on Paul's Letters", and Desiderius Erasmus's "Laurentius Valla's Annotations to the New Testament".