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Marguerite Porete

1250 - 1310

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Marguerite Porete (French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit pɔʁɛt]; 13th century – 1 June 1310) 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 (divine love). 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. Today, Porete's work has been of interest to a diverse number of scholars. Those interested in medieval mysticism, more specifically Beguine mystical writing, cite The Mirror of Simple Souls in their studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marguerite Porete is the 1,096th most popular writer (down from 1,025th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 128th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Writer.

Marguerite Porete was a French mystic who wrote a book called The Mirror of Simple Souls. She was most famous for being burned at the stake for heresy in 1310.

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Among writers, Marguerite Porete ranks 1,096 out of 7,302. Before her are James Thomson, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Alfred Kubin, Emil Ludwig, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, and Mimnermus. After her are B. Traven, Ivan Cankar, Tess Gerritsen, David Grossman, Tony Buzan, and Mori Ōgai.

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Among people born in 1250, Marguerite Porete ranks 10. Before her are Arghun, Halime Hatun, Kitbuqa, Fra Dolcino, Al-Muazzam Turanshah, and Onfim. After her are Oghul Qaimish, Robert II, Count of Artois, Ghiyas-ud-din Baraq, Pietro d'Abano, John Tristan, Count of Valois, and Sancho of Majorca. Among people deceased in 1310, Marguerite Porete ranks 1. After her are George Pachymeres, Blanche of Anjou, Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon, Otto III, Duke of Carinthia, Amalric, Lord of Tyre, Athanasius I of Constantinople, Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria, Gottfried von Hohenlohe, Smbat I Hetumian, Theodoric of Freiberg, and Baibars II.

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Among people born in Belgium, Marguerite Porete ranks 145 out of 1,190. Before her are Bavo of Ghent (589), Chantal Akerman (1950), Charles Michel (1975), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Petrus Plancius (1552), and Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254). After her are Chantal Mouffe (1943), Victor D'Hondt (1841), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778), Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), and Pierre De Geyter (1848).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Marguerite Porete ranks 7. Before her are Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), Georges Simenon (1903), Julio Cortázar (1914), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Émile Verhaeren (1855), and Pierre Louÿs (1870). After her are Henri Michaux (1899), Laura Marx (1845), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Victor Serge (1890), and Hugo Claus (1929).

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