Marguerite Porete\'s complex and at times discordant Mirror of Simple Souls was received into a world hungry for new spiritual ideas and experiences yet wary of innovation.
Porete became the target for condemnation in large part for her doctrine of Annihilation and its associated ideas, which appeared.
The enduring popularity of her text, the ways in which she has been classified by medieval and modern observers, and her execution as a relapsed heretic in 1310 attest to this pervasive tension.
Marguerite Porete\'s complex and at times discordant Mirror of Simple Souls was received into a world hungry for new spiritual ideas and experiences yet wary of innovation