Abstract:Modern scholars have assumed that after Marguerite Porete was condemned for heresy in 1310 she disappeared from the historical record. However, the discovery of references to Porete in François de Belleforest's Grandes annales (1579) and Henri de Sponde's Annales ecclesiastici (1641) overturns this narrative and shows that these historians were responsible for reintroducing her story to the French public. Porete offered a powerful symbol that bolstered their vision of religion and state history, a vision that … Show more
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