Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Introduction: The Devotio Moderna and Modern History 1
5. Chapter one. Converts in the Middle Ages 11
6. Chapter two. Modern-Day Converts in the Low Countries 45
7. Chapter three. Suspicion and Inquisition 84
8. Chapter four. From Converts to Communities: Tertiaries, Sisters, Brothers, Schoolboys, Canons 119
9. Chapter five. Inventing a Communal Household: Goods, Customs, Labor, and ‘‘Republican’’ Harmony 162
10. Chapter six. Defending the Modern-Day Devout: Public Expansion Under Scrutiny 200
11. Chapter seven. Proposing a Theological Rationale: The Freedom of the ‘‘Christian Religion’’ 238
12. Chapter eight. Taking the Spiritual Offensive: Caring for the Self, Examining the Soul, Progressing in Virtue 266
13. Conclusion: Private Gatherings and Self-Made Societies in the Fifteenth Century 305
14. Notes 321
15. Bibliography 389
16. Index 417
17. Acknowledgments 431