Philadelphia
Date
2017
Authors
Freed, Eugenie R.
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Publisher
The Southern African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (SASMARS)
Abstract
The historical Marguerite Porete, condemned as a heretic, was burned
at the stake on 1 June 1310, in the Place de Grève in Paris. Guiard de
Cressonessart, who claimed to be the Angel of Philadelphia and her
‘defender’, was sentenced at the same time to perpetual imprisonment.
Despite its official suppression, Marguerite’s The Mirror of Simple Souls
survived as an anonymous mystical text, and was translated during the
fourteenth century into English, Italian and Latin versions. In 1946, over
six centuries after Marguerite’s death, her authorship of the work was
finally established by an Italian scholar, Romana Guarneri.
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Middle Ages -- Periodicals. , Renaissance -- Periodicals. , Middle Ages. , Renaissance.