ENGL 406 Lecture Notes - Marguerite Porete, England In The Middle Ages, Bridal Theology
5 Sep 2013
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Marguerite porete was executed by fire for heresy based on her book mirror of simple souls. Comes from the same geographical place: close to london but is distinct. Both forms of religious expression that they had challenged religious authority. Same genre of writing mysticism: same intellectual communities. Only account that labels julian as an expert on religious terms comes from a link mentioned in kempe"s work. Know next to nothing about their literary capacity and their education. Both share a reputation in our modern times: interest outside academia: Focuses on attention away from the intellectual discussion of her works and the work she put in to understand her experiences. Pulling her out of her historical age. Becomes women"s first attempt to tell her own story, its more than that. Julian is an anchoress; were dead to the world, enclosed in reclusive, small spaces to be engaged in contemplation: never left anchorhold (room)
