• List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The variety of reformers; 3. The circumstances and types of reform; 4. The rhetoric of reform; 5. The realities of reform: (1) within the community; 6. The realities of reform: (2) monastic activities and relations with secular society; 7. The spirituality of reform; 8. The broader setting; Bibliography of secondary works; Index of papal documents; Biblication index; General index.

'... authoritative, sensitive, imaginative and illuminating ... Professor Constable's book sets the pietistic developments of the later Middle Ages in a new perspective...'. Peter Heath, The Times Literary Supplement

• List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The variety of reformers; 3. The circumstances and types of reform; 4. The rhetoric of reform; 5. The realities of reform: (1) within the community; 6. The realities of reform: (2) monastic activities and relations with secular society; 7. The spirituality of reform; 8. The broader setting; Bibliography of secondary works; Index of papal documents; Biblication index; General index.

'... authoritative, sensitive, imaginative and illuminating ... Professor Constable's book sets the pietistic developments of the later Middle Ages in a new perspective...'. Peter Heath, The Times Literary Supplement

• List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The variety of reformers; 3. The circumstances and types of reform; 4. The rhetoric of reform; 5. The realities of reform: (1) within the community; 6. The realities of reform: (2) monastic activities and relations with secular society; 7. The spirituality of reform; 8. The broader setting; Bibliography of secondary works; Index of papal documents; Biblication index; General index.

'... authoritative, sensitive, imaginative and illuminating ... Professor Constable's book sets the pietistic developments of the later Middle Ages in a new perspective...'. Peter Heath, The Times Literary Supplement