Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls (Classics of Western Spirituality) - Softcover

Marguerite Porete

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809134276 ISBN 13: 9780809134274

Publisher: Paulist Press, 1993

Synopsis

The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted!

In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars and spiritual leaders.

The texts are first-rate, and the introductions are informative and reliable. The books will be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of every literate religious persons". -- The Christian Century

About this title

From the Back Cover:

We know very little about Marguerite Porete, only that she was a beguine from Hainaut who was burned at the stake as a relapsed heretic in 1310. She might have been a solitary itinerant beguine who expounded her teachings to interested listeners.

About the Author:

Robert E. Lerner is Professor of History and Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including The Age of Adversity: The Fourteenth Century (1968) and Western Civilizations, 13/e (1998).

Robert E. Lerner is Professor of History and Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including The Age of Adversity: The Fourteenth Century (1968) and Western Civilizations, 13/e (1998).

About this edition

• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0809134276
• ISBN 13: 9780809134274
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 259