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Author:

Kocher, Suzanne.

Title:

Allegories of love in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls / by Suzanne Kocher.

Publisher:

Brepols,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

216 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Porete, Marguerite,--ca. 1250-1310.--Miroir des simples âmes.
Mysticism--France--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
God (Christianity)--History of doctrines--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Soul--History of doctrines--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Allegory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-202) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Social analogies for mystical theology -- Marguerite Porete's life and book -- Gender in the religious allegory of love : from active women to passive souls -- From spiritual servitude to freedom : the allegory of social rank -- Wealth, poverty, and the allegory of economic exchange -- Models of interpretation : allegory, comparisons, and the making of meaning -- The functions of allegory in The mirror of simple souls -- Conclusions : mysticism, allegory, and a medieval concept of the self.

Series:

Medieval women : texts and contexts ; v. 17

ISBN:

2503519024 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9782503519029 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)245555749

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)