Johannes Busch (1399 - 1480) - photo 1

Johannes Busch

Johannes Busch was a major Dutch clergyman and reformed theologian.

As a monastic reformer and chronicler, the Augustinian canon of Windesheim, Johannes Busch is one of the most prominent figures of the Devotio moderna ("New Piety") movement in Catholicism. With his historiographical works Chronicle of the Monastery of Windesheim and Liber de reformatione monasteriorum he shaped the association of the Windesheim monastery and the late medieval observance movement.

Date and place of birt:1399, Zwolle, The Netherlands
Date and place of death:1480, Hildesheim, Germany
Period of activity: XV century
Specialization:Monk, Priest, Theologian, Writer
Genre:History painting, Religious genre