1310
Marguerite Porete, French mystic
Marguerite Porete, French mystic
Marguerite Porete, French mystic
Marguerite Porete
French mystic and poet (died 1310)
- Died
- 1310
Marguerite Porete was a Beguine, 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 for refusing to remove her book from circulation or to recant her views.