A Severed Head and Two Plumes of Smoke
Abstract
This article contrasts the contemporary reception and fate of Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) and Marguerite Porete (1250-1310), two outspoken medieval religious women who wrote, spoke, and acted on their religious convictions. The paper emphasizes their approach to disseminating theological ideas and concepts and explores their willingness to conform to social norms and structures of the time. Drawing from texts they authored, contemporary reports on their actions and lives, and expert scholarship, this article seeks to show how two women’s dissimilar approaches to religious activism led one to sainthood and the other to execution by burning.
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2024-04-23
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