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Marguerite Porete

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Marguerite Porete (died 1310) was a French mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, a work of Christian spirituality dealing with the workings of Divine Love. She was burnt at the stake for heresy in Paris in 1310 after a lengthy trial, after refusing to remove her book from circulation or recant her views. The book is cited as one the primary texts of the medieval Heresy of the Free Spirit.

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Average rating: 4.48 · 27 ratings · 1 review · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mirror of Simple Souls by Marguerite Porete, C Kirchberger (Editor), M N (Translation) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margareta Porete, Speculum Simplicium Animarum: Instrumenta Lexicologica Latina 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margaretae Porete Speculum Simplicium Animarum 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Marguerite Porete

“Reason, you'll always be half-blind.”
― Marguerite Porete

tags: feminism, medieval, reason

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“Theologians and other clerks,
You won't understand this book,
-- However bright your wits --
If you do not meet it humbly,
And in this way, Love and Faith
Make you surmount Reason, for
They are the protectors of Reason's house. ”
― Marguerite Porete

tags: bible, feminism, interpretation, medieval, mystic, religion, theology

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