When Dr. Romana Guarnieri, in a letter to Osservatore Romano (16 June 1946), announced her discovery that Margaret Porette (d. 1 June 1310) was the author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, certainly a major French document of pre-Reformation spirituality, a sensation was created in the academic world.
A Mirror for simple souls
- Publisher
- New York : Crossroad
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
159 p. : 21 cm. --
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