Allegories of love in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls /
Medieval Women: Texts & Contexts
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Turnhout, Belgium :
Brepols,
[2008], ©2008
Turnhout, Belgium : c2008 Turnhout, Belgium : ©2008 Turnhout, Belgium : [2008] |
| Series: | Medieval women ;
17 Medieval women--texts and contexts ; 17 Medieval women--texts and contexts 17 |
| Subjects: |
Marguerite
> Porete
> 1250-1310
> Le mirouer des simples âmes anienties et qui seulement demourent en vouloir et desir d'amour
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Table of 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
- Chapter 1 Marguerite Porete's Life and Book 21
- Chapter 2 Gender in the Religious Allegory of Love: From Active Women to Passive Souls 81
- Chapter 3 From Spiritual Servitude to Freedom: The Allegory of Social Rank 107
- Chapter 4 Wealth, Poverty, and the Allegory of Economic Exchange 127
- Chapter 5 Models of Interpretation: Allegory, Comparisons, and the Making of Meaning 147
- Chapter 6 The Functions of Allegory in the Mirror of Simple Souls 165
- Chapter 7 Conclusions: Mysticism, Allegory, and a Medieval Concept of the Self 177