Allegories of love in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of simple souls
By: by Suzanne Kocher.
Series: Medieval women : texts and contexts -- v. 17; Medieval women -- 17.
Publisher: Brepols
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9782503519029
Subjects: Porete, Marguerite, -- ca. 1250-1310; Mysticism -- France -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; God (Christianity) -- Worship and love -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Soul -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Allegory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Social analogies for mystical theology; title: Marguerite Porete's life and book; title: Gender in the religious allegory of love : from active women to passive souls; title: From spiritual servitude to freedom : the allegory of social rank; title: Wealth, poverty, and the allegory of economic exchange; title: Models of interpretation : allegory, comparisons, and the making of meaning; title: The functions of allegory in The mirror of simple souls; title: Conclusions : mysticism, allegory, and a medieval concept of the self.