ABSTRACT
Johannes Tauler’s works have been a source of inspiration for both Catholic and Protestant theologians, edifying authors and church historians throughout centuries, and have ensured him a lasting popularity. Thanks to the interest of Romanticism and German idealism in medieval mysticism, the nineteenth century was in this respect no exception. Kierkegaard’s interest in the historical sources of living Christianity led him to study Tauler as well, most of whose works were at his disposal in his personal library. Tauler is in Kierkegaard’s case part of a broader spiritual tradition of medieval mysticism, but it is certainly of interest to see from a closer perspective where he fits in the line of edifying authors studied by the Danish philosopher.1
