A companion to Marguerite Porete and the Mirror of simple souls

A companion to Marguerite Porete and the Mirror of simple souls / edited by Wendy R. Terry, Robert Stauffer.

Even with growing popularity in the United States, there existed no English-language scholarly introduction to Marguerite Porete or her sole-surviving work 'The Mirror of Simple Souls' until now. The study of Marguerite and her work touches on so many disciplines? from religious and secula...

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Other Authors: Terry, Wendy Rachele (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.
Series:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, VOLUME 77
Subjects:
Porete, Marguerite, > approximately 1250-1310. > Miroir des simples âmes.
Miroir des simples âmes (Porete, Marguerite)
Contemplation > Early works to 1800.
Spiritual life > Christianity > Early works to 1800.
RELIGION > Christian Life > General.
Contemplation
Spiritual life > Christianity
Early works
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Marguerite Porete and the Writing of the Mirror
  • 1. Debating the Historical Marguerite Porete / Sean L. Field
  • 2. Marguerite's Mystical Annihilation / Joanne Maguire Robinson
  • 3. Review of Possible Theological Sources for Marguerite Porete's Mirror / Wendy R. Terry
  • 4. Literary Sources of The Mirror of Simple Souls / Zan Kocher
  • 5. "Ce livre monstrera a tous vraye lumiere de verite." The Role of The Mirror of Simple Souls as a Book / Imke de Gier
  • pt. 2 Translations and Transmission of the Mirror
  • 6. Tradition of The Mirror of Simple Souls in the Fifteenth Century: From Marguerite Porete ([1310) to Marguerite of Navarre ([1549) / Genevieve Hasenohr
  • 7. Latin Manuscripts of The Mirror of Simple Souls / Justine L. Trombley
  • 8. Italian Version of the Mirror: Manuscripts, Diffusion and Communities in the 14
  • 15th Century / David Fatvay
  • 9. Further Thoughts on M.N.'s Middle English Translation of Marguerite's Mirouer des simples ames anienties / Marleen Cre
  • 10. Possibilities for the Identity of the English Translator of The Mirror of Simple Souls / Robert Stauffer
  • pt. 3 Modern Scholarship: Looking Forward, Looking Back
  • 11. Critical Approaches to Marguerite Porete / Elizabeth Scarborough
  • 12. Mirrors on the Wall: Which One is Fairest of Them All? / Jonathan H. Juilfs.

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