Marguerite Porete - "The Mirror of Simple Souls" - Christian Mystics

Marguerite Porete (13th century – 1 June 1310) was a
French-speaking mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple
Souls, a work of Christian mysticism dealing with the workings of
agape (divine love). She was burnt at the stake for heresy in
Paris in 1310 after a lengthy trial, refusing to remove her book
from circulation or recant her views. It was reported in a
chronicle that the crowd was moved to tears by the calmness of
how she faced her end.  Porete's life is recorded only in
accounts of her trial for heresy, at which she was condemned to
be burnt at the stake. Porete's biography is probably biased and
certainly incomplete. She was said to come from the County of
Hainaut, a French-speaking principality in the Holy Roman Empire,
though this is uncertain. Her high level of education means she
is likely to have had upper-class origins. She is associated with
the beguine movement and was therefore able to travel fairly
freely.  


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