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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This translation succeeds in making this significant text accessible to the modern reader.” —Medium Aevum
“This translation of The Mirror of Simple Souls . . . has much to recommend it: clarity, rigorousness, and constant care to stay close to the French text.” —The Medieval Review
“The translation is the most readable to date, and is made more valuable by its textual notes.” —Anglican Theological Review
“Marguerite's Mirror, the only book we have by a medieval woman condemned for heresy, remains as fascinating and controversial as ever. Anyone with more than a passing interest in Christian spirituality will want to survey its giddy heights, and for the scholar of mysticism this . . . translation provides an invaluable guide.” —Canonical Counsel
“[A] welcome new translation of the mysterious French mystic Margaret (Marguerite) Porette’s (Porete) Mirror of Simple Souls.” —Mediaevistik
