Nobility and annihilation in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls / / Joanne Maguire Robinson
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| Autore: |
Robinson Joanne Maguire <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Nobility and annihilation in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls / / Joanne Maguire Robinson
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 178 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 248.2/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Contemplation - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
| Mysticism - France - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 | |
| Women mystics - France - History | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-174) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Nobility and annihilation in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-9069-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812245103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions