Guido De Baere emeritus occasional assignment

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Ruusbroec's Crossing. Communicative contexts of the Middle English Ruusbroec translations (manuscripts, vernacularity, reception, spirituality) : A Comparison of the English and the Continental Perspectives. 01/01/2004 - 31/12/2007

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In this project, the Middle English Ruusbroec translations (Vanden blinkenden steen and excerpts from Die geestelike brulocht) will be studied in their manuscript context in order to assess their literary, cultural and historical importance. The research project will focus on translation strategies (language-related as well as cultural) and reception environments of both the Middle English texts and the Middle Dutch originals. The translations will be studied with reference to the spiritual culture of late medieval England.

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The influence of Jesuit spirituality on nationalist and general political thought in Flanders during the first half of the twentieth century. 01/03/2003 - 31/12/2005

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A four-year project researching the founding and the first years of the Ruusbroec Society (completed recently) showed up an important issue, i.e. the considerable impact of a so far undefined aspect of Jesuit spirituality on nationalist as well as general political thought in Flanders during the first half of the 20th century, within as well as outside the Jesuit community. This project will pay attention to: ° the influence of spirituality within this s.j.-province on the nationalist thought of the Flemish members of the Order ° the practical influence of Jesuit spirituality on Flemish society.

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Flemish and catholic commitment in the first quarter of the twentieth century: the early period of the Ruusbroec Society from a cultural and social perspective. 01/12/1997 - 31/12/2000

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A fundamental research into the foundation and the early years of the Ruusbroec Society, as an exponent and a particular case of Flemish and Catholic commitment in the first decade of the twentieth century. The key must be sought in the persons who founded the Ruusbroec Society: they were more than mere scholars and they situated their scholarly activities in a broader socio-cultural frame

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    Ruusbroec and his complete works in their historico-cultural context supported by and tested against the textual criticism of his treatise 'Vanden XII beghinen'. 01/10/1995 - 30/09/1999

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    A comprehensive monography about the historico-cultural surroundings of Ruusbroec and his works on the basis of all available historical data concerning his person and oeuvre. This project uses the findings of the textual criticism and edition of 'Vanden XII beghinen' for support and verification.

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      'Bedudinghe op Cantica Canticorum', an anonymous Middle Dutch commentary on the Song of Songs. Edition and study. 01/06/1991 - 31/05/1993

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      1) A critical edition of the text;//..2) a short description of the manuscripts and an inquiry into their origin;//..3) an introduction to an a study of the text itself.

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