Ramon Llull and the Secret of Life describes the enigmatic life of the celebrated medieval philosopher, mystic, and visionary who left behind more than 300 books in Catalan, Latin, and Arabic. He traveled throughout Europe, the eastern Mediterranean, and North Africa to share his discovery of the co[...]
This is a translation of a celebrated work of medieval mystical literature. Johnston explains the peculiarities of Llull's idiosyncratic theological and philosophical system and offers a comprehensive assessment of his debt to the Islamic tradition of devotional discourse.[...]
Ramon Llull (1232-1316) composed The Book of the Order of Chivalry between 1274 and 1276 as both an instrument of reform and an agent for change. His aim was to create and codify the rules for a unilateral Order of Chivalry. Loyalty to the Order, coupled with common sense, religious faith, education[...]
Ramon Llull was a highly original medieval writer and thinker. Direct contact with Moslem culture during his early years in Majorca, soon after the Christian reconquest, furnished him with a vision of the "Other" quite unique among medieval European intellectuals. It was not, however, until his thi[...]
Korta sentenser i vilka den troende människan talar längtansfullt och förälskat till Kristus, av den katalanska litteraturens fader från 1200-talet. Teologi och poesi förenas i Lasse Söderbergs översättning, den första någonsin till svenska.[...]