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Marguerite Porete
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1250–1310 · French mystic

Also known as: Margareta Porete, Margarete Porete, Marguerite of Hainault, Porete, Маргарита Поретанская, マルグリット・ポレート

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Known works

  • The mirror of simple souls (1993)
  • Miroir des simples âmes (1981)
  • Speculum simplicium animarum
  • Margareta Porete, Speculum simplicium animarum
  • Le miroir des âmes simples et anéanties et qui seulement demeurent en vouloir et désir d'amour