The Beguine, the Angel, and the Inquisitor: The Trials of Marguerite Porete and Guiard of Cressonessart

by Sean L. Field

On 31 May 1310, at the Place de Gr ve in Paris, the Dominican inquisitor William of Paris read out a sentence that declared Marguerite "called Porete," a beguine from Hainault, to be a relapsed heretic, released her to secular authority for punishment, and ordered that all copies of a book she had written be confiscated. William next consigned Guiard of Cressonessart, an apocalyptic activist in the tradition of Joachim of Fiore and a would-be defender...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268028923
• ISBN13: 9780268028923
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"