Wendy R. Terry, Ph.D. (2007), Graduate Theological Union, is a Continuing Lecturer in Religious Studies at University of California, Davis. Her other work on Marguerite includes Seeing Marguerite in the Mirror: A Linguistic Analysis of Porete's 'Mirror of Simple Souls' (Peeters, 2011). Robert Stauffer, Ph.D. (2011), Arizona State University, is an Assistant Professor of English at Dominican College of Blauvelt in Orangeburg, NY. Among works of fiction and biography, he has also written for the forthcoming Ballad of the Lone Medievalist (Punctum Press).

“Ink will continue to flow in the debates around Marguerite and her Mirror of Simple Souls, and this book provides a superlative springboard for any aspiring student eager to dive in”.John Arblaster, University of Antwerp. In: Speculum, Vol. 94, No. 3 (July 2019), pp. 904-906.

• Notes on ContributorsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPrefaceRobert StaufferEditors’ IntroductionWendy R. Terry Section 1—Marguerite Porete and the Writing of The MirrorChapter 1Debating the Historical Marguerite PoreteSean L. FieldChapter 2Marguerite’s Mystical AnnihilationJoanne Maguire RobinsonChapter 3A Review of Possible Theological Sources for Marguerite Porete’s MirrorWendy R. TerryChapter 4Literary Sources of the Mirror of Simple SoulsZan KocherChapter 5Exemplum ‘Ce livre monstrera a tous vraye lumiere de verité. The Role of the Mirror of Simple Souls as a book.Imke de GierSection 2—Translations and Transmission of The MirrorChapter 6The Tradition of the Mirror of Simple Souls in the Fifteenth Century: From Marguerite Porete (†1310) to Marguerite of Navarre (†1549)" written and updated by Geneviève Hasenohr, translated by Zan KocherChapter 7The Latin Manuscripts of The Mirror of Simple Souls Justine L. TrombleyChapter 8The Italian Version of the Mirror: Manuscripts, Diffusion and Communities in the 14-15th CenturyDávid FalvayChapter 9Further thoughts on M.N.’s Middle English Translation of Marguerite’s Mirouer des simples âmes anienties Marleen CréChapter 10Possibilities for the Identity of the English Translator of The Mirror of Simple SoulsRobert StaufferSection 3—Modern Scholarship: Looking Forward, Looking BackChapter 11Marguerite Porete and Various Modern Critical ApproachesElizabeth ScarboroughChapter 12Mirrors on the Wall: Which One Is Fairest of Them All?Jonathan JuilfsBibliographyGeneral Index

Wendy R. Terry, Ph.D. (2007), Graduate Theological Union, is a Continuing Lecturer in Religious Studies at University of California, Davis. Her other work on Marguerite includes Seeing Marguerite in the Mirror: A Linguistic Analysis of Porete's 'Mirror of Simple Souls' (Peeters, 2011). Robert Stauffer, Ph.D. (2011), Arizona State University, is an Assistant Professor of English at Dominican College of Blauvelt in Orangeburg, NY. Among works of fiction and biography, he has also written for the forthcoming Ballad of the Lone Medievalist (Punctum Press).

“Ink will continue to flow in the debates around Marguerite and her Mirror of Simple Souls, and this book provides a superlative springboard for any aspiring student eager to dive in”.John Arblaster, University of Antwerp. In: Speculum, Vol. 94, No. 3 (July 2019), pp. 904-906.

• Notes on ContributorsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPrefaceRobert StaufferEditors’ IntroductionWendy R. Terry Section 1—Marguerite Porete and the Writing of The MirrorChapter 1Debating the Historical Marguerite PoreteSean L. FieldChapter 2Marguerite’s Mystical AnnihilationJoanne Maguire RobinsonChapter 3A Review of Possible Theological Sources for Marguerite Porete’s MirrorWendy R. TerryChapter 4Literary Sources of the Mirror of Simple SoulsZan KocherChapter 5Exemplum ‘Ce livre monstrera a tous vraye lumiere de verité. The Role of the Mirror of Simple Souls as a book.Imke de GierSection 2—Translations and Transmission of The MirrorChapter 6The Tradition of the Mirror of Simple Souls in the Fifteenth Century: From Marguerite Porete (†1310) to Marguerite of Navarre (†1549)" written and updated by Geneviève Hasenohr, translated by Zan KocherChapter 7The Latin Manuscripts of The Mirror of Simple Souls Justine L. TrombleyChapter 8The Italian Version of the Mirror: Manuscripts, Diffusion and Communities in the 14-15th CenturyDávid FalvayChapter 9Further thoughts on M.N.’s Middle English Translation of Marguerite’s Mirouer des simples âmes anienties Marleen CréChapter 10Possibilities for the Identity of the English Translator of The Mirror of Simple SoulsRobert StaufferSection 3—Modern Scholarship: Looking Forward, Looking BackChapter 11Marguerite Porete and Various Modern Critical ApproachesElizabeth ScarboroughChapter 12Mirrors on the Wall: Which One Is Fairest of Them All?Jonathan JuilfsBibliographyGeneral Index

Wendy R. Terry, Ph.D. (2007), Graduate Theological Union, is a Continuing Lecturer in Religious Studies at University of California, Davis. Her other work on Marguerite includes Seeing Marguerite in the Mirror: A Linguistic Analysis of Porete's 'Mirror of Simple Souls' (Peeters, 2011). Robert Stauffer, Ph.D. (2011), Arizona State University, is an Assistant Professor of English at Dominican College of Blauvelt in Orangeburg, NY. Among works of fiction and biography, he has also written for the forthcoming Ballad of the Lone Medievalist (Punctum Press).

“Ink will continue to flow in the debates around Marguerite and her Mirror of Simple Souls, and this book provides a superlative springboard for any aspiring student eager to dive in”.John Arblaster, University of Antwerp. In: Speculum, Vol. 94, No. 3 (July 2019), pp. 904-906.

• Notes on ContributorsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPrefaceRobert StaufferEditors’ IntroductionWendy R. Terry Section 1—Marguerite Porete and the Writing of The MirrorChapter 1Debating the Historical Marguerite PoreteSean L. FieldChapter 2Marguerite’s Mystical AnnihilationJoanne Maguire RobinsonChapter 3A Review of Possible Theological Sources for Marguerite Porete’s MirrorWendy R. TerryChapter 4Literary Sources of the Mirror of Simple SoulsZan KocherChapter 5Exemplum ‘Ce livre monstrera a tous vraye lumiere de verité. The Role of the Mirror of Simple Souls as a book.Imke de GierSection 2—Translations and Transmission of The MirrorChapter 6The Tradition of the Mirror of Simple Souls in the Fifteenth Century: From Marguerite Porete (†1310) to Marguerite of Navarre (†1549)" written and updated by Geneviève Hasenohr, translated by Zan KocherChapter 7The Latin Manuscripts of The Mirror of Simple Souls Justine L. TrombleyChapter 8The Italian Version of the Mirror: Manuscripts, Diffusion and Communities in the 14-15th CenturyDávid FalvayChapter 9Further thoughts on M.N.’s Middle English Translation of Marguerite’s Mirouer des simples âmes anienties Marleen CréChapter 10Possibilities for the Identity of the English Translator of The Mirror of Simple SoulsRobert StaufferSection 3—Modern Scholarship: Looking Forward, Looking BackChapter 11Marguerite Porete and Various Modern Critical ApproachesElizabeth ScarboroughChapter 12Mirrors on the Wall: Which One Is Fairest of Them All?Jonathan JuilfsBibliographyGeneral Index