I'm not an expert on this, but as far as I know the identification still holds. I hope so,
anyway, because I'm teaching the Mirror in a Medieval Women Writers course. I'd be
interested in hearing from anyone with more recent information.
Sarah Salih
I know that the 'Mirror for Simple Souls' has in the past been =
attributed to Marguerite Porete, but I wonder where scholarships stands =
today ont his issue, if anywhere. Has her authorship been confirmed, or =
definitively unconfirmed - if either of these, on what grounds.
Many thanks
Christopher Abbott
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