Translations and Transmissions: Women's Book Culture in France and the Low Countries

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Marguerite Porete Society

Organizer Name

Zan Kocher

Organizer Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Presider Name

Michael G. Sargent

Presider Affiliation

Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY

Paper Title 1

Marguerite Porete and Books: Evidence and Hypotheses

Presenter 1 Name

Danielle Dubois

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Manitoba

Paper Title 2

The Porret (Pourret, Pourres, etc.) Families and the Books They Owned in Tournai, ca. 1200-1400

Presenter 2 Name

Zan Kocher

Paper Title 3

A Royal Wedding Gift and the Transmission of Marguerite Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls

Presenter 3 Name

Robert Stauffer

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Dominican College

Paper Title 4

The Gendered Obedience of Saint Bridget of Sweden: Using a Female Saint as a Didactic Model of Obedience

Presenter 4 Name

Sara Danielle Mederos

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Lincoln

Start Date

13-5-2016 10:00 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 213