Marguerite Porete

Marguerite Porete was a Beguine, a French-speaking mystic and the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, a work of Christian mysticism dealing with the workings of agape. She was burnt at the stake for heresy in Paris in 1310 after a lengthy trial for refusing to remove her book from circulation or to recant her views.

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Who was born first?

• Marguerite Porete was born 3 years before Amir Khusrau
• Marguerite Porete was born 6 years after Araniko
• Marguerite Porete was born 7 years after Giles of Rome
• Marguerite Porete was born 10 years after Boetius of Dacia
• Marguerite Porete was born 10 years before Meister Eckhart

Timeline

1. Boetius of Daciacirca 1240 – circa 1284
2. Giles of Romecirca 1243 – December 22, 1316
3. Aranikocirca 1244 – circa 1306
4. Marguerite Porete (this page)1250 – June 1, 1310
5. Amir Khusrau1253 – September 27, 1325
6. Meister Eckhartcirca 1260 – January 28, 1328

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