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A Diabolical Voice
2023
Overview
In A Diabolical Voice , Justine L. Trombley traces the
afterlife of the Mirror of Simple Souls , which circulated
anonymously for two centuries in four languages, though not without
controversy or condemnation. Widely recognized as one of the most
unusual and important mystical treatises of the late Middle Ages,
the Mirror was condemned in Paris in 1310 as a heretical
work, and its author, Marguerite Porete, was burned at the stake.
Trombley identifies alongside the work's increasing positive
reception a parallel trend of opposition and condemnation centered
specifically around its Latin translation. She's discovered
fourteenth- and fifteenth-century theologians, canon lawyers,
inquisitors, and other churchmen who were entirely ignorant of the
Mirror's author and its condemnation and saw in the work dangerous
heresies that demanded refutation and condemnation of their
own.
Using new evidence from the Mirror 's largely overlooked
Latin manuscript tradition, A Diabolical Voice charts the
range of negative reactions to the Mirror, from confiscations and
physical destruction to academic refutations and vicious
denunciations of its supposedly fiendish doctrines. This parallel
story of opposition shows how heresy remained an integral part of
the Mirror 's history well beyond the events of 1310,
revealing how seriously churchmen took Marguerite Porete's ideas on
their own terms, in contexts entirely removed from Marguerite's
identity and her fate. Emphasizing the complexity of the Mirror
of Simple Souls and its reception, Trombley makes clear that
this influential book continues to yield new perspectives and
understandings.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Subject
/ Christian heresies -- France -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
/ Christian literature, French
/ Christian literature, French -- Translations into Latin -- History and criticism
/ France
/ History
/ Medieval
/ Mysticism -- France -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
/ Porete, Marguerite, approximately 1250-1310
/ Porete, Marguerite, approximately 1250-1310 -- Translations into Latin -- History and criticism
/ Porete, Marguerite, approximately 1250-1310 Miroir des simples âmes
/ Porete, Marguerite,-approximately 1250-1310.-Miroir des simples âmes
/ RELIGION
/ Soul
/ Soul -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
ISBN
9781501769610, 1501769618, 9781501769634, 1501769634, 1501769626, 9781501769627
