{"product_id":"the-mirror-of-simple-souls-hardback-9780268014315","title":"The Mirror of Simple Souls (Hardback) 9780268014315","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Mirror of Simple Souls\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret Porette (Author), Edmund Colledge O.S.A. (Edited and translated by), J. C. Marler (Edited and translated by), Judith Grant (Edited and translated by), Kent Emery. Jr. (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780268014315\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 September 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e298 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.588 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] welcome new translation of the mysterious French mystic Margaret (Marguerite) Porette's (Porete) \u003ci\u003eMirror of Simple Souls.\u003c\/i\u003e\" —\u003ci\u003eMediaevistik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Marguerite's \u003ci\u003eMirror\u003c\/i\u003e, the only book we have by a medieval woman condemned for heresy, remains as fascinating and controversial as ever. Anyone with more than a passing interest in Christian spirituality will want to survey its giddy heights, and for the scholar of mysticism this . . . translation provides an invaluable guide.\" —\u003ci\u003eCanonical Counsel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The translation is the most readable to date, and is made more valuable by its textual notes.\" —\u003ci\u003eAnglican Theological Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror of Simple Souls\u003c\/i\u003e . . . has much to recommend it: clarity, rigorousness, and constant care to stay close to the French text.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Medieval Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This translation succeeds in making this significant text accessible to the modern reader.\" —\u003ci\u003eMedium Aevum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dr. Romana Guarnieri, in a letter to \u003ci\u003eOsservatore Romano\u003c\/i\u003e (16 June 1946), announced her discovery that Margaret Porette (d. 1 June 1310) was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror of Simple Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, certainly a major French document of pre-Reformation spirituality, a sensation was created in the academic world. Although \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the few heretical documents to have survived the Middle Ages in its entirety, both its title and its authorship were among the most persistent and troublesome problems of scholarly research in the field of medieval vernacular languages. \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, in its original French, survives only in the fifteenth-century manuscript which the great Condé (Louis II de Bourbon) had acquired for his palace at Chantilly. And, so far as can be known, all that remains with which to compare the readings of this manuscript text are those translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e which, also in manuscript, are to be found in Latin, Italian, and Middle English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror of Simple Souls\u003c\/i\u003e is a translation from the French original with interpretive essays by Edmund Colledge, O.S.A., Judith Grant, and J.C. Marler, and a foreword by Kent Emery, Jr. The translators of this Modern English version rely primarily on the French, yet take other medieval translations into account. As a result, this edition offers a reading of \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e which solves a number of difficulties found in the French, and the introductions contributed by the translators narrate the archival history of the book, for which Margaret Porette was burned alive in Paris in 1310.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520536801560,"sku":"9780268014315","price":74.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-mirror-of-simple-souls-hardback-9780268014315","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}