Nobility and annihilation in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls / Joanne Maguire Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Joanne Maguire, 1966-

Series:

SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contemplation--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Contemplation.

Porete, Marguerite, approximately 1250-1310. Miroir des simples âmes.

Porete, Marguerite.

Mysticism--France--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Mysticism.

Women mystics--France--History.

Women mystics.

History.

Contemplation--History of doctrines.

France.

Physical Description:

xvi, 178 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2001]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Nobility as Historical Reality and Theological Motif 1

Reconstructing the Medieval Nobility

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: The Beauty of High Birth

Hildegard of Bingen: Elitism Upheld

Bernard of Clairvaux: Egalitarianism Upheld

Le Roman de la Rose: The Nobility of Virtue

Hadewijch of Brabant: The Soul's Noble Image and Likeness

Chapter 2 The "Beguine Clergeresse" and Her Mirror 27

Neither Lowly Writer Nor Lowly Reader

The Text of The Mirror of Simple Souls

The Seven-Stage Path to Annihilation

"Taking Leave of the Virtues" and Possessing All

Chapter 3 God, the Soul, and No-thingness 49

God as Trinitarian Ground and Creator

The Roots of a Theological Anthropology

Creation and Fall of Humanity

Fall(s) and Return(s)

Chapter 4 Nobility and Annihilation 77

The Three Beautiful Considerations

Annihilation: The Soul Without a Why

Traditional Mystical Metaphors

Nobility, Lineage, and Annihilation

A "Simple" Noble Soul?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-174) and index.

ISBN:

079144967X

0791449688

OCLC:

45023343