| The Mirror of Simple Souls Contributor(s): Porette, Margaret (Author), Colledge, Edmund (Editor), Colledge, Edmund (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0268014353 ISBN-13: 9780268014353 Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: This edition of The Mirror of Simple Souls is a translation from the French original with an interpretive essay by Edmund Colledge, O.S.A., Judith Grant, and J.C. Marler, and a foreword by Kent Emery, Jr. The translators of this Modern English version rely primarily on the French, yet take other medieval translations into account. As a result, this edition offers a reading of The Mirror which solves a number of difficulties found in the French, and the introduction contributed by the translators narrate the archival history of the book for which Margaret Porette was burned alive in Paris in 1310. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 248.22 |
| LCCN: 98-54869 |
| Series: Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.96" W x 9.22" (1.14 lbs) 298 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This translation from the French original includes an introductory interpretive essay by Edmund Colledge, O.S.A., Judith Grant, and J. C. Marler, and a foreword by Kent Emery, Jr. The translators of this Modern English version rely primarily on the original French manuscript, yet also take medieval translations into account. As a result, this edition offers a reading of The Mirror of Simple Souls that solves a number of difficulties found in the French. The valuable introduction by the translators narrates the archival history of the book, for which Margaret Porette was burned alive in Paris in 1310. |
Contributor Bio(s): Porette, Margaret: - Margaret Porette (circa 1248/1250-1310) was a French-speaking mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, a work of spirituality dealing with Divine Love. She was burned at the stake for heresy in Paris in 1310 after refusing to recant her views. |
