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The Medieval Church · c. 1380–1396
The Scale of Perfection
Walter Hilton · c. 1340–1396
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What it is
Two books of measured guidance on reforming the image of God in the soul, written first for an anchoress and then extended to anyone living in the world.
Why it lasted
The most balanced of the English mystical writers, and the one most widely read in England before the Reformation.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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