biography
pronunciation:
[van rüsbrook]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1293–1381)
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| biography:
| Writer, born near Brussels, Belgium. A priest, he lived most of his life in an abbey in Groenendaal, near Brussels. His mystical and religious ideas, expressed in clear prose in the mother tongue, were translated into Latin, and exercised influence in Germany and France, as well as in the Low Countries (Devotio Moderna). |
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