LEADER 03426nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910963446303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791490693 010 $a0791490696 035 $a(CKB)111056486600170 035 $a(OCoLC)49852717 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587077 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000340973 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241906 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340973 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10389549 035 $a(PQKB)10235242 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12806 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407879 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10587077 035 $a(DE-B1597)684473 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791490693 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407879 035 $a(Perlego)2674701 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486600170 100 $a20000824d2001 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNobility and annihilation in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls /$fJoanne Maguire Robinson 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 178 pages) 225 0 $aSUNY series in Western esoteric traditions 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791449684 311 08$a0791449688 311 08$a9780791449677 311 08$a079144967X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 161-174) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tNobility as Historical Reality and Theological Motif -- $tThe ?Beguine Clergeresse? and Her Mirror -- $tGod, the Soul, and No-thingness -- $tNobility and Annihilation -- $tConclusion -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThis first book-length study of Marguerite Porete's important mystical text, The Mirror of Simple Souls, examines Porete's esoteric and optimistic doctrine of annihilation?the complete transformative union of the soul into God?in its philosophical and historical contexts. Porete was burned at the stake as a relapsed heretic in 1310. Her theological treatise survived the flames, but it circulated anonymously or under male pseudonyms until 1946, and her message endures as testament to a distinctive form of medieval spirituality.Robinson begins by focusing on traditional speculations regarding the origin, nature, limitations, and destiny of humankind. She then examines Porete's work in its more immediate historical and literary contexts, focusing on the ways in which Porete conceptualizes and expresses her radical doctrine of annihilation through contemporary metaphors of lineage and nobility. 410 0$aSUNY series in Western esoteric traditions 606 $aContemplation$xHistory of doctrines$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 606 $aMysticism$zFrance$xHistory$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 606 $aWomen mystics$zFrance$xHistory 615 0$aContemplation$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aMysticism$xHistory 615 0$aWomen mystics$xHistory. 676 $a248.2/2 700 $aRobinson$b Joanne Maguire$f1966-$01682036 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963446303321 996 $aNobility and annihilation in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls$94357287 997 $aUNINA