A companion to Marguerite Porete and the Mirror of simple souls

Author(s)

• Terry, Wendy R.
• Stauffer, Robert

Bibliographic Information

A companion to Marguerite Porete and the Mirror of simple souls

edited by Wendy R. Terry, Robert Stauffer

（Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, v. 77）

Brill, c2017

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Even with growing popularity in the United States, there existed no English-language scholarly introduction to Marguerite Porete or her sole-surviving work Mirror of Simple Souls until now. The study of Marguerite and her work touches on so many disciplines - from religious and secular histories to theological and literary readings of her book - that the scholarship had often been lost in the divides between the disciplines. Our contributors are chosen from both sides of the Atlantic and from an array of disciplines in order to bridge this geographical and linguistic divide. The interdisciplinary nature of the interest in Marguerite and the Mirror and the implications her book has on medieval scholarship make a collection such as this companion ideal. Contributors are Marleen Cre, Imke De Gier, David Falvay, Sean Field, Genevieve Hasenohr (with Zan Kocher), Jonathan Juilfs, Zan Kocher, Joanne Robinson, Elizabeth Scarborough, Robert Stauffer, Wendy R. Terry, and Justine Trombley.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Robert Stauffer Editors' Introduction Wendy R. Terry Section 1-Marguerite Porete and the Writing of The Mirror Chapter 1 Debating the Historical Marguerite Porete Sean L. Field Chapter 2 Marguerite's Mystical Annihilation Joanne Maguire Robinson Chapter 3 A Review of Possible Theological Sources for Marguerite Porete's Mirror Wendy R. Terry Chapter 4 Literary Sources of the Mirror of Simple Souls Zan Kocher Chapter 5 Exemplum 'Ce livre monstrera a tous vraye lumiere de verite. The Role of the Mirror of Simple Souls as a book. Imke de Gier Section 2-Translations and Transmission of The Mirror Chapter 6 The Tradition of the Mirror of Simple Souls in the Fifteenth Century: From Marguerite Porete (1310) to Marguerite of Navarre (1549)" written and updated by Genevieve Hasenohr, translated by Zan Kocher Chapter 7 The Latin Manuscripts of The Mirror of Simple Souls Justine L. Trombley Chapter 8 The Italian Version of the Mirror: Manuscripts, Diffusion and Communities in the 14-15th Century David Falvay Chapter 9 Further thoughts on M.N.'s Middle English Translation of Marguerite's Mirouer des simples ames anienties Marleen Cre Chapter 10 Possibilities for the Identity of the English Translator of The Mirror of Simple Souls Robert Stauffer Section 3-Modern Scholarship: Looking Forward, Looking Back Chapter 11 Marguerite Porete and Various Modern Critical Approaches Elizabeth Scarborough Chapter 12 Mirrors on the Wall: Which One Is Fairest of Them All? Jonathan Juilfs Bibliography General Index

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• NCID: BB23953722
• ISBN:
  • 9789004226210
• LCCN: 2017003198
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 383 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BV5091.C7
  • DC23 : 248.2/2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Porete, Marguerite, approximately 1250-1310. Miroir des simples âmes
  • LCSH : Contemplation -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : Spiritual life -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA79320574