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Marguerite Porete

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Gender Female
Born County Of Hainaut
Date of died June 1,1310
DiedMunicipality Of Paris
SchoolChristian mysticism
Regions Western philosophy
Books The Mirror of Simple Souls
Influenced by Meister Eckhart
Augustine of Hippo
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Marguerite Porete was a French-speaking mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, a work of Christian mysticism dealing with the workings of agape. She was burnt at the stake for heresy in Paris in 1310 after a lengthy trial, refusing to remove her book from circulation or recant her views.

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