On 31 May 1310, at the Place de Greve in Paris, the Dominican
inquisitor William of Paris read out a sentence that declared
Marguerite "called Porete," a beguine from Hainault, to be a
relapsed heretic, released her to secular authority for punishment,
and ordered that all copies of a book she had written be
confiscated. William next consigned Guiard of Cressonessart, an
apocalyptic activist in the tradition of Joachim of Fiore and a
would-be defender of Marguerite, to perpetual imprisonment. Over
several months, William of Paris conducted inquisitorial processes
against them, complete with multiple consultations of experts in
theology and canon law. Though Guiard recanted at the last moment
and thus saved his life, Marguerite went to her execution the day
after her sentencing."The Beguine, the Angel, and the Inquisitor
"is an analysis of the inquisitorial trials, their political as
well as ecclesiastical context, and their historical significance.
Marguerite Porete was the first female Christian mystic burned at
the stake after authoring a book, and the survival of her work
makes her case absolutely unique. "The Mirror of Simple Souls,
"rediscovered in the twentieth century and reconnected to
Marguerite's name only a half-century ago, is now recognized as one
of the most daring, vibrant, and original examples of the
vernacular theology and beguine mysticism that emerged in late
thirteenth-century Christian Europe. Field provides a new and
detailed reconstruction of hitherto neglected aspects of
Marguerite's life, particularly of her trial, as well as the first
extended consideration of her inquisitor's maneuvers and
motivations. Additionally, he gives the first complete English
translation of all of the trial documents and relevant contemporary
chronicles, as well as the first English translation of Arnau of
Vilanova's intriguing "Letter to Those Wearing the Leather Belt,"
directed to Guiard's supporters and urging them to submit to
ecclesiastical authority. "Sean Field's new book is top-of-the-line
historical scholarship, exquisitely written, and deeply satisfying
on more than one level: for its research, for the quality of the
documentation and argument, but also for its careful organization
and smooth exposition, which transform a complicated story into a
scholarly page-turner." --Walter P. Simons, Dartmouth College
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