Merswin, Rulman, 1307-1382

LC control no.	nr 97017174
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Merswin, Rulman, 1307-1382 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Holy Roman Empire
Located	Strasbourg (Free imperial city)
Birth date	1307
Death date	1382-(07)?-18
Place of birth	Strasbourg (Free imperial city)
Place of death	Strasbourg (Free imperial city)
Field of activity	Mysticism Christian literature
Affiliation	Friends of God ("Gottesfreunde")
Profession or occupation	Mystics Christian authors Merchants Bankers
Found in	Sermon der gross gelarten in gnade[n] erlauchte[n] Doctoris Johannis Thauleri Predigerr Ordens, 1498 (name not given) LC in RLIN, 5/8/97 (hdg.: Merswin, Rulman, 1307-1382) Allg. deutsche Biog., 1875-1912: (Merswin, Rulman) Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, 1875-1912 (Merswin, Rulman; author of a series of confessions and tractates, with a preference for couching them in the form of a vision; according to [Friedrich Heinrich Suso] Denifle, creator of a mysterious "Gottesfreund im Oberland"; born in Strassburg 1308; lived there as merchant and money-changer; in 1347, he renounced the world; [Johannes] Tauler was his father confessor; also sought contact with the Gottesfreunde; on island in the Ill River named Grüner Wörth, bought derelict monastery, had the church rebuilt at his expense, and donated it in 1371 to the Knights of St. John; lived in his foundation, died 18 July 1382) Wikipedia.de, 3 April 2014 (Rulman Merswin (born 1307 in Strassburg; died 18 June 1382 in the same place); merchant and spiritual writer; belonged to the "Gottesfreunden," an ecclesiastical spiritual movement within the sphere of 14th-century mysticism; contact with the Strassburg mystic Johannes Tauler; purchased the derelict Kloster Grünenwörth in Strassburg, where he founded a spiritual community and lived until his death; wrote a series of spiritual tractates, including the Neun-Felsen-Buch and the Meisterbuch; the layperson who often appears in Merswin's works as the "Gottesfreund vom Oberland" is very probably a purely literary figure) Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, 2002, viewed online 4 April 2014: Rhineland mysticism (Rulman Merswin, a burgher from Strasbourg who settled at St John's, Grüner Wörth, and is known as the "Friend of God of the Oberland"; was part of the movement of Rhineland mysticism of spiritual and intellectual seeking) Tauler, Johann (Rulman Merswin; Strasbourg banker; conversion; became an important promoter of the movement of the Friends of God) Wikipedia, 3 April 2014: Rulman Merswin (Rulman Merswin (around 1307-1382); German mystic, leader for a time of the Friends of God; originally a successful merchant in Strasbourg; in 1347, he retired from business to join the Friends of God as one of mystic Johannes Tauler's disciples; generally considered the author of many writings attributed to the "Friend of God from the Oberland") Friend of God from the Oberland (the Friend of God from the Oberland (Der Gottesfreund vom Oberland); the name of a figure in Middle Age German mysticism, associated with the Friends of God and the conversion of Johannes Tauler; identity and personality is one of the most difficult problems in the history of mysticism; is everywhere treated as a half supernatural character; it has been assumed, especially by [Friedrich Heinrich Suso] Denifle, that "the Friend of God" is a literary creation of Rulman Merswin and that Merswin (and his school) produced the entire body of work; [Karl] Rieder denies altogether that Merswin wrote any of the mystical books) Insula Viridis = Ile Verte, 4 April 2014 (Rulman Merswin; born 1307, died 1382; pious Strasbourg banker, disciple of Jean Tauler; author of Livre des neuf rochers; his friendship with the mysterious Ami de Dieu de l'Oberland was the origin of the foundation of Communauté Saint-Jean, on Ile Verte de Strasbourg)
Associated language	gmh