03310nam 2200625Ia 450 991081224510332120200520144314.00-7914-9069-6(CKB)111056486600170(OCoLC)49852717(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587077(SSID)ssj0000340973(PQKBManifestationID)11241906(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340973(PQKBWorkID)10389549(PQKB)10235242(MdBmJHUP)muse12806(Au-PeEL)EBL3407879(CaPaEBR)ebr10587077(DE-B1597)684473(DE-B1597)9780791490693(MiAaPQ)EBC3407879(EXLCZ)9911105648660017020000824d2001 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNobility and annihilation in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls /Joanne Maguire RobinsonAlbany State University of New York Pressc20011 online resource (xvi, 178 pages)SUNY series in Western esoteric traditionsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-4968-8 0-7914-4967-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-174) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Nobility as Historical Reality and Theological Motif -- The “Beguine Clergeresse” and Her Mirror -- God, the Soul, and No-thingness -- Nobility and Annihilation -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThis first book-length study of Marguerite Porete's important mystical text, The Mirror of Simple Souls, examines Porete's esoteric and optimistic doctrine of annihilation—the complete transformative union of the soul into God—in its philosophical and historical contexts. Porete was burned at the stake as a relapsed heretic in 1310. Her theological treatise survived the flames, but it circulated anonymously or under male pseudonyms until 1946, and her message endures as testament to a distinctive form of medieval spirituality.Robinson begins by focusing on traditional speculations regarding the origin, nature, limitations, and destiny of humankind. She then examines Porete's work in its more immediate historical and literary contexts, focusing on the ways in which Porete conceptualizes and expresses her radical doctrine of annihilation through contemporary metaphors of lineage and nobility.SUNY series in Western esoteric traditionsContemplationHistory of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 600-1500MysticismFranceHistoryMiddle Ages, 600-1500Women mysticsFranceHistoryContemplationHistory of doctrinesMysticismHistoryWomen mysticsHistory.248.2/2Robinson Joanne Maguire1966-1682036MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812245103321Nobility and annihilation in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls4051862UNINA