Margaret of Oingt was born around 1240 into a noble family in the
French Beaujolais region, and became prioress of the Carthusian
charterhouse of Poletains; visionary and mystic, her writings are
intelligent and humorous. Included here are the Page of
Meditations, on sin and salvation; the Mirror, a vision of Christ;
the Life of the Virgin Saint Beatrice of Ornacieux, an exemplary
text; and letters and stories, including comments on her problems
as prioress. They are translated from the Latin and Francoprovencal
with an introduction, notes, and interpretative essay.BR> Renate
Blumenfeld-Kosinski is Chair, Department of French and Italian, and
Professor of French, at the University of Pittsburgh.
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