‎DACREMONT HENRI‎
‎GERSON‎

‎De custodia linguae et corde bene ruminanda. - [GERSON'S SEMINAL TREATISE ON RUMOR-MAKING, PRINTED BY ZELL CA. 1470]‎

‎(Cologne, Ulrich Zell, ca. 1470). Small 4to. Beautifully bound in a later (ca. 1900) full calf binding in Renaissance style with three raised bands and blindstamped ornamentation to spine. Boards with three wide ornamental blindstamped borders inside each other. A damp stain to inner margin and a bit of light brownspotting. Early marginal annotations (some of them slightly shaved) and underlinings. 6 ff. + first and last blank. 27 lines to a page. A large, four-line opening initial in red, a two-line initial in red, paragraph marks as well as capital strokes in red throughout, and red underlinings in beginning and end. A lovely copy. With the gilt red leather ex libris of John Pierpont Morgan to inside of front board. ‎

‎Magnificent, early incunable edition, being the exceedingly scarce second edition (as a Zell-edition dated between 1467 and 1470 is considered the first - these two first editions are of equal scarcity) of this highly important tract on the moral implications of speaking ill of others in their absence, by one of the pioneers of natural right theory, Jean de Gerson, printed by the eminent first printer of Cologne, Ulrich Zell. The work, though having been overlooked for centuries, is of the utmost importance to the shaping of Western thought, both legal, religious, and moral, and it was extremely influential in its time. It appeared as many as four times around 1470 (the two first editions printed by Zell, who was the main printer of all of Gerson's works, followed by an edition by Fust and Schöffer shortly after and another one by Therhoernen) with editions following in both the 1480'ies and 90'ies. The two Zell-editions, which constitute the first appearances of the work, are distinguishable by the printing error in the first line of A1r, which says ""Intipit"" (the present copy - Hain 7683) instead of ""Incipit"" (Hain 7682). The number of early editions of Gerson's work bears witness to his tremendous popularity as a moral and spiritual authority in 15th-century Europe. In spite of being “[o]ne of the smallest and rarest of the many tracts by the Chancellor of Paris Jean Charlier de Gerson (1363-1429), which were printed by the earliest printer of Germany"" (Rhodes), the work nonetheless exercised great impact. The theme of the treatise is the morality of speaking ill of others behind their backs, which has implications for, not only morality philosophically speaking, but also legally, theologically, and religiously, tying together the most important themes of Gerson’s thought. Curiosity and vanity, which are at the heart of rumor-making and speaking ill of others behind their backs, are two main intellectual vices that must be warned about in all contexts. “The reflection on vices and sins, both from the moral and the intellectual point of view, is a “fil rouge” in Jean Gerson’s production. As a theologian constantly concerned with shaping a correct theology and driven by the necessity to pursue the safety and unity of the doctrine, the Parisian Chancellor often warns his students and colleagues about the dangers connected with this misuse of rationality. (Luciano Micali: The Consent of the Will…, p. 1). “Jean Gerson (b. 1363–d. 1429"" also Jean de Gerson, or, originally, Jean Charlier) was the most popular and influential theologian of his generation, the most important architect of the conciliar solution to the Great Schism (1378–1415), and the leading figure at the Council of Constance (1414–1418). He came from a family of modest means in the Champagne region of France. As a young student at the College of Navarre in Paris, he came in contact with humanist currents from Italy (he probably read Petrarch at this time), which left some traces in his writings. He first gained fame as a popular preacher in Paris in the early 1390s and then followed his master Pierre d’Ailly as the chancellor of the University of Paris in 1395. He gained international renown as a result of his leading role at the Council of Constance, which put an end to the Great Schism. ... Gerson’s wide-ranging interests extended well beyond the traditional limits of university masters, and his writings serve as a window into 15th-century life and thought. His complete works were first printed in 1483 and were frequently reprinted through the first quarter of the 16th century. Later humanists and university theologians alike claimed him as one of their intellectual fathers."" (Oxford Bibliographies in Medieval Studies: Daniel Hobbins: “Jean Gerson”). In spite of his enormous influence upon his contemporaries and near contemporaries of the following century, recent centuries have witnessed little insight into his vast importance. This, however, seems to be changing, as many scholars are now gaining increasing insight into the extension of his influence. “Researchers are familiar with seeing and examining the influence of Augustine, Thomas Aquinas and other significant figures in Western intellectual history. The reception of Jean Gerson (1363-1429) — the late medieval French Church reformer, ecclesiastical leader, theologian, poet, educator and chancellor of the University of Paris — is, however, an understudied field. Gerson’s legacy had nevertheless an impact on late medieval and early modern movements and thinkers of great significance, paving the way for many developments, which still shape our existence today. He became a source of inspiration for all those involved in establishing new religious and national identities, and his name appears in both Protestant (of all branches) as well as in Catholic sources. Aside from the expected influence in theology and Church history, his ideas transformed law, jurisprudence, art, music, pedagogy, literature and even medicine. The topography of his legacy is just as broad and varied, spanning from Portugal to Scandinavia, and from Japan to Mexico. From a deeper perspective, Gerson is extremely important for understanding the religious evolution of Western civilization. Jean Gerson’s legacy provides a significant theological context where contemporary ideas such as, for example, the concept of individual right or need of palliative care, find their roots. Today, when the question of religion has retaken the central stage of our existence, an understanding of our theological background is no longer the fief of specialized researchers, but a social necessity.” (Introduction to: The Reception of Jean Gerson in Late Medieval and Early Modern Theology, Spirituality and Law. Roundtable Discussion at KU Leuven, 2018) Although commonly accepted as a seminal figure important in legal theory, even his role a a pioneer of natural right theory has been overlooked, as has his vast influence on thinkers like Thomas Moore. A 2018-conference at KU Leuven has contributed to the renewed understanding of his importance. As Yelena Mazour-Matuzevich (University of Alaska Fairbanks / Senior Fellow KU Leuven) concluded: “Before looking closely at Thomas More’s connection to the late medieval French theologian Jean Gerson (1363-1429), I could not imagine the breadth and depth of More’s dependency on his legacy as a source of scriptural narrative, moral theology or legal theory. More’s extensive knowledge of Gerson’s works is evident from the Englishman’s writings, and his admiration, already manifest in his early years, only increased as he aged, climaxing during his imprisonment in the Tower.” (The Very Special Case: Gerson & Thomas More). It was only with Richard Tuck and his ""Natural Rights Tradition"" from 1979 that Gerson was first really credited with his pioneering work in this field. Tuck argues that Jean Gerson was the first to describe the notion of ius as “a dispositional faculty or power, appropriated to so meone and in accordance with a right was understood in terms of an ability” and places him at the centre in the rights tradition. Thus, the guiding light of the Concillar Movement and one of the most prominent theologians at the Council of Constance was also one of the first thinkers to develop what would later come to be called natural rights theory, and he was even one of the first individuals to defend Joan of Arc and proclaim her supernatural vocation as authentic. The celebrated devotional work traditionally ascribed to Thomas à Kempis, ""The Imitation of Crist"" has been considered by some scholars, to be the work of Gerson, although no conclusive evidence has yet been found. ""Gerson was a prolific writer, and a powerful intellectual force in a calamitous period in France’s history. A champion of his university, he strongly advocated the role of theologians in the debates which erupted when the Great Schism divided the catholic church between 1378 and 1417, as first two, and then three, claimants contended for the papacy. As a cleric, he had a strong sense of pastoral responsibility, often expressed in his more personal writings. He witnessed and bewailed France’s descent into political chaos, when the madness of King Charles VI allowed rival princes to jostle, and eventually murder, to gain their ends. In 1413 the civic and political disturbances in Paris almost cost him his life. That civic disorder, civil war, and then the Lancastrian takeover with King Henry VI of England as questionable heir to Charles VI, doubtless explains why Gerson, ever the Valois loyalist, spent his final years in a kind of exile in Lyons. Many of Gerson’s major writings deal with the Schism, and the debates over the Church’s structure which it provoked. These pushed him to argue for reform, a programme which challenged papalism by urging the authority of a general council as representative of the Church as a whole. Some of his most important work addresses such matters, and he was occasionally a key player in events, notably at Constance in March–April 1415. ” (Swanson: Review of Patrick McGuire's Jean Gerson and the Last Medieval Reformation). Hain: 7683" BMC: I:184 Goff: 219.‎

‎p re du si cle: The Early Modern Reception of Jean Gerson (1363-1429). Theological Authority between Middle Ages and Early Modern Era‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 522 pages, Size:156 x 234 mm, Illustrations:1 b/w, 2 tables b/w., Language(s): English.*new ISBN 9782503602257.‎

‎Summary This volume provides the first wide-ranging investigation of the post-fifteenth-century reception of Jean Gerson (1363-1429), chancellor of the University of Paris, guiding light of the Council of Constance, and arguably the most influential of late medieval theologians. His impact on early modern movements and thinkers paved the way for many developments still shaping our existence today. Besides his well-known influence in theology and church history, the chancellor left a significant impact in jurisprudence, human rights, art, music, education, literature, and even medicine; there is hardly an area of the humanities that did not pay at least some tribute to his authority, and there was almost no early modern political or religious movement in the West that neglected his name. Nearly all of the most prominent early modern intellectuals perceived him as an authority and father figure; an illustrious cohort of celebrities, including Thomas More, Martin Luther, King James I, Ignatius of Loyola, Girolamo Savonarola, Christopher Columbus, Bartholomew de Las Casas, and many others, relied on his writings and ideas. The geography of his late-fifteenth- and sixteenth-century reception reflects his pre-eminence, reaching from Spain to Scandinavia. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. The Background: Gerson and the Long 15th Century Part I. Early Reception in the Empire Part II. Early Reception in France Part III. Early Reception in Spain Part IV. Early Reception in Italy Part V. Early Reception in Sweden Conclusion Chapter 2. The Protestant Reception of Gerson Introduction Part I. Gerson's Lutheran Reception Part II. Reception in the Reformed Tradition Conclusion Chapter 3. Catholic Reception of Gerson Introduction Part I. Catholic Reception in the Empire Part II. The Catholic Reception in the Low Countries Part III. The Catholic Reception in France Part IV. The Catholic Reception in Spain Part V. The Early Jesuits Part VI. The Council of Trent Conclusion Chapter 4. The Reception of Gerson in England and Scotland Introduction Part I. Gerson's Theological Influence Part II. The Scottish Connection Part III. The Very Special Case: Gerson and Thomas More Part IV. Gerson's Influence on the Growth of Common Law in England Part V. Synderesis and the Notion of Conscience in English Literary and Philosophical Traditions Conclusion General Conclusion Gersons's Future Bibliography Name Index‎

‎Ioannis Carlerii de Gerson De mystica Theologia‎

‎Lucani [Lugano], In aedibus Thesauri Mundi 1958 xxxi + 251pp., softcover, dustwrapper, 21cm., introduction and text in Latin, pages still uncut, very good condition, R102994‎

‎Clara Raphael. Tolv Breve, udgivne af Johan Ludvig Heiberg + (Gerson:) Fem Breve til Clara Raphael fra en Ung Hustru + ""Et Besøg."" Nye Breve af Forfatterinden til Clara Raphael. - [THE BREAK-THROUGH OF FEMINISM IN DENMARK]‎

‎Kjøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1851. All three works bound together in a contemporary green half cloth binding with a large printed paper label to spine (reading ""Clara Raphael). Inner hinges a bit weak. Wear to upper capital and remains of varnish to spine. First quire of Clara Raphael with a damp stain and the first two works brownspotted. Old owner's signature to front free end-paper. ‎

‎Scarce first edition of the first feminist novel in Denmark, the highly controversial and influential ""Clara Raphael"", which is the work that sparked the battle for women's rights in Denmark. Bound together with one of the most important responses to it from the same year as well as Fibiger's ""A Visit"", also from 1851, which is Fibiger's defence against the many accusations against her following the publication of ""Clara Raphael"", directed at her women readers. Fibiger’s novel caused enormous controversy. The intellectual elite was in uproar. Within the first year of its publication, ca 25 responses to it were published in newspapers and periodicals and ca 10 brochures and pamphlets pertaining to it. The novel caused vexation in all political camps. The demands for equality between the sexes were scrutinized in all regards, and many politicians began singing the praises of “the woman of the home”. It is in this strain of thought that the famous author of children’s books, Julius Christian Gerson, wrote his significant contribution to the feud, “Five Letters to Clara Raphael from a Young Wife”, also published in 1851. Using the pseudonym “A Young Wife”, he claims, in the voice of this fictitious woman, that Fibiger’s novel had violated the female gender and that the emotions and the striving that are presented as those most pertinent for the woman, are completely foreign to the true woman. He lets his fictitious female author praise herself for being “a young mother who wishes for nothing and wishes to be nothing outside of her circle.” The debate that arose following the publication of ""Clara Raphael"" was very harsh indeed, and the whole public debate was hard on Mathilde Fibiger. Her views were lost on almost all notable men of the period, but she clearly needed to defend herself. Thus, in the same year, she wrote another novel, also in the form of letters, “A Visit”, in an attempt to extrapolate on her views and defend herself. This novel, however, is not written in order to persuade the men of her views, but was directed at women, who would hopefully get to understand her views better. ""Clara Raphael"" is the main work of feminism in Denmark and the first Danish governess novel. It founded an entirely new genre of women's novels hitherto unknown in Denmark. The work, which constitutes the break-through of feminism in Denmark, was greatly controversial and immediately caused great furore. It resulted in the so-called Clara Raphael Dispute, in which for instance N.F.S. Grundtvig defended Mathilde Fibiger. Due to the controversial contents of the work, Mathilde Fibiger published it anonymously, and only J.L. Heiberg (1791-1860, perhaps the most famous cultural persona during the Danish Golden Age. He played a more significant role than any other author or thinker during this period) is mentioned on the title-page, as the editor. No publisher had wanted to touch this highly controversial work, and it was only after the appearance of ""Jane Eyre"" that a publishing house dared take it on. As Mary Wollstonecraft had pioneered feminist philosophy with ""A Vindication of the Rights of Women"" from 1792 and argued for education as the means to liberate women, so Mathilde Fibiger surprised her Danish contemporaries with her groundbreaking novel ""Clara Raphael. Twelve Letters"", from 1851, in which she made the connection between the national-democratic movement and the liberation of women. With this book, which deals with the inequality of the sexes and the lack of possibility for women to develop themselves, Mathilde Fibiger became the first notable advocate of the emancipation of women in Denmark. It was not only the political controversy caused by the request of equality that made the book so extremely controversial, it was also the ability of the merely 20 year old author to clearly and precisely state and substantiate the essential problems. When reading the book, it is not difficult to see why it came to have the effect that it did, and why it caused the furor that it did. For instance, Clara Raphael, when despairing at the position of women in society, writes: ""Our position in society is tragic, and why? What right does man have to suppress us? For subjugated we are, despite the chains being gilded."" She understands that casting off these chains will be no easy matter, and that it will not only be a matter of politics, but also of consciousness and mindset: ""When the peasants were granted their freedom, some of them wept, begging for permission to keep things as they had been."" One of the beaming sentences of the novel is Clara's response to her friend when asked what she is actually fighting for: ""I will fight and live for what I understand by the emancipation of women.""Her hope of breaking with the existing patriarchal system of society required national and democratic self-awareness, which for her constituted a promise of freedom. In 1871, Frederik Bajer (1837-1922) and Matilde Bajer (1840-1934) founded the Danish Women's Society, the first women's organisation in Denmark. Mathilde Fibiger was one of the earliest members of the Society. When the Danish Women's Society was established, it did not demand female suffrage. It was not until 1906 that a majority of the members were in favour of making that demand the official policy of the Society. In Denmark, women were not allowed to vote in parochial church council elections until 10+3" not until 1908 were they allowed to vote in parish council and local council elections, and not until 1915 in the Folketing and the Landsting elections. It was not until then that women became fully-fledged citizens in a political sense.‎

‎Les commandemens de saincte Eglise et la confession générale du jour de Pasques par les paroisses. Le petit traicté de maistre Jehan Gerson qui aprent à bien mourir.‎

‎Paris, Vve J.Trepperel, J. Jehannot, (1516).‎

‎ Très rare édition. Le seul exemplaire connu dans les bibliothèques publiques est à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France. C'est une adaption en français de l'Opus Tripartium de Jean Gerson (1363-1429), qui contient des réflexions sur le Décalogue, un petit traité de la confession et un Art de bien mourir. Bois gravé sur le titre et un autre sur le dernier feuillet. A la fin :" Cy finist les commandemens de l'église, imprimé à Paris par la veufve feu Jehan Trepperel et Jehan Jehannot, libraire juré en l'université de Paris, demourant en la rue neufve Nostre Dame, à l'enseigne de l'éscu de France." Caractères gothiques. Un petit trou d'un centimètre au bas du feuillet A6 avec un manque de quelques lettres, mais le texte reste compréhensif, rogné court en tête. Bon exemplaire relié par Maylander. Pour d'évidentes raisons, ces petits ouvrages de dévotion de quelques feuillets sont tous très rares aujourd'hui. /// In-4 de (24) pp. [A8, B4]. Maroquin noir, dos à nerfs. (Reliure du XIXe, Maylander.) //// Very scarce edition. The only known copy in public librairies is at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Woodcut on title and an other one on last folio. Gothic characters. A small hole (1 cm) at the bottom of folio A6 with a loss of a few letters, but the text remains comprehensive. Good copy bound by Maylander. For obvious reasons, these little devotional works of a few leaves are all very rare today. USTC 26333. Brunet II, 1560. Bechtel G-72 (exemplaire cité). /// PLUS DE PHOTOS SUR WWW.LATUDE.NET‎