For the Carthusian role, which was significant, see Karl-Josef
Klinkhammer, _Adolf von Essen und seine Werke: Der Rosenkranz in der
geschichtlichen Situation seiner Entstehung und in seinem bleibenden
Anliegen: Eine Quellenforschung_, Frankfurter theologische Studien, 13
(Frankfurt a.M.:Josef Knecht, 1972). Although the roots go back to
Cistercians in the 12th c., if not to earlier roots, Dominic of Prussia, a
fifteenth-century Carthusian of Trier, seems to have established the
number of mysteries at fifty (a stage before the modern set of fifteen)
and the Carthusians seem to have popularized the devotion considerably
through their very active copying network. Confusing Dominic of Prussia
with St. Dominic the founder of the Order of Preachers seems to lie at the
root of the deeply embedded tradition that St. Dominic invented the
Rosary.
See also [a Carthusian], _El Santo Rosario en la Cartuja_, Analecta
Cartusiana, 103 (Salzburg: Institut fuer Anglistik und Amerikanistik,
1983).
On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Colman O'Clabaigh wrote:
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> Dear List members,
>
> Can anyone suggest where I could get information on the origins and
> development of the Rosary? Most of the material that I have to hand is of a
> devotional nature and I would be grateful for any references to academic or
> scholarly works.
>
> With thanks in advance
>
> Colman O'Clabaigh, OSB
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