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Thomas a Kempis
http://prayerfoundation.org/favoritemonks/favorite_monks_thomas_a_kempis.htm
A short description of his connection with the Brethren of the Common Life.
John Wessel Goesport (Gansfort)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15590a.htm
Catholic Encyclopedia article on this member of the Brethren of the Common Life.
Johann Wessel (Wessel Harmenss Gansfort)
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc12/Page_311.html
Four pages on Wessel in the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.
Gerard Groote
http://wisdomsgoldenrod.org/publications/misc/gerard_groote.html
A forerunner of the Reformation, founder of the Brothers of the Common Life.
Florens Radewyns
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12631b.htm
A co-founder, with Groote, of the movement.
Devotio Moderna: The Brethren of the Common Life
http://www.eldrbarry.net/heidel/bcl.htm
Description of the movement and its teachings.
Brethren of the Common Life
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04166b.htm
A Catholic Encyclopedia article.