Medievalisms and Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls in the Age of #Resistance
Sponsoring Organization(s)
International Marguerite Porete Society
Organizer Name
Robert Stauffer
Organizer Affiliation
Dominican College
Presider Name
Robert Stauffer
Paper Title 1
The Legacy of Marguerite Porete as Symbol of Resistance
Presenter 1 Name
Danielle Dubois
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of Manitoba
Paper Title 2
Silence as Resistance in the Life of Marguerite Porete and in The Mirror of Simple Souls
Presenter 2 Name
Jonathan Juilfs
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Redeemer Univ. College
Paper Title 3
The Pseudo-Mulier in an Age of #Resistance: Dismantling the Organism in The Mirror of Simple Souls
Presenter 3 Name
Jessica Zisa
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of California-Santa Barbara
Start Date
12-5-2018 10:00 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1330
Description
Marguerite Porete and other women writers of the late Middle Ages stand as voices against troubled leadership, rarely attacking or denouncing, but using prayer and sacrifice to try to restore the common good. From Marguerite’s admonishment at the beginning of the fourteenth century to “theologians and other clerks” to humble their intellect so that “Love and Faith, together, cause you to rise above Reason, [Since] they are the ladies of the house” (from Babinsky’s translation, 79) to Catherine of Siena’s prayer for Pope Gregory XI -- “Let this vicar of yours be attentive to your will, let him love it and do it, so that we may not be lost” (Noffke’s translation, 9) – we see women resisting weak and failing leadership in many different ways. What might these medieval women say to our political and religious leaders today?
The International Marguerite Porete Society welcomes all thoughtful analysis as to how we might talk about Marguerite – and other medieval women writers – as figures of resistance, both in their own and in contemporary settings. The relevance of these medieval women who spoke to men of power could be of great consequence as to how the current generations speak to the powers that control the world now.
Robert F. Stauffer
Medievalisms and Marguerite Porete: The Mirror of Simple Souls in the Age of #Resistance
Schneider 1330
Marguerite Porete and other women writers of the late Middle Ages stand as voices against troubled leadership, rarely attacking or denouncing, but using prayer and sacrifice to try to restore the common good. From Marguerite’s admonishment at the beginning of the fourteenth century to “theologians and other clerks” to humble their intellect so that “Love and Faith, together, cause you to rise above Reason, [Since] they are the ladies of the house” (from Babinsky’s translation, 79) to Catherine of Siena’s prayer for Pope Gregory XI -- “Let this vicar of yours be attentive to your will, let him love it and do it, so that we may not be lost” (Noffke’s translation, 9) – we see women resisting weak and failing leadership in many different ways. What might these medieval women say to our political and religious leaders today?
The International Marguerite Porete Society welcomes all thoughtful analysis as to how we might talk about Marguerite – and other medieval women writers – as figures of resistance, both in their own and in contemporary settings. The relevance of these medieval women who spoke to men of power could be of great consequence as to how the current generations speak to the powers that control the world now.
Robert F. Stauffer