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READINGS for HS 4476 MEDIEVAL HERETICS AND INQUISITORS

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<strong>HS</strong> <strong>4476</strong> Spring 2010<br />

Fr. A. Thompson, O.P. T 8:10-11:00, DSPT 3<br />

WEEK X:<br />

The Free Spirit<br />

Major Sources<br />

Marguerite Porete, Mirror of Simple Souls<br />

Meister Eckhart<br />

All will read:<br />

Robert E. Lerner, "Introduction," Heresy of the Free Spirit<br />

Marguerite Porete, Mirror of Simple Souls, cc. 1-13 (pp. 80-96)<br />

Individual Assignments<br />

1. More Marguerite: A real "Free Spirit?"<br />

A. The Soul as Ruler of Universe: Mirror, cc. 66 89, pp. 142 65.<br />

B. The Seven Stages: Mirror, cc. 118 22, pp. 189 201.<br />

2. The Sex Question: Lerner, "Heresy and Fornication," pp. 10-34.<br />

3. The Rhineland Mystics and the Heresy of the Free Spirit: READ BOTH<br />

"The Sister Catherine Treatise," in Meister Eckhart: Teacher and Preacher, tr. McGinn,<br />

Tobin, and Borgstadt, pp. 347-84.<br />

Bl. Henry Suso: "Little Book of Truth," in Henry Suso: The Exemplar ..., pp. 307-331.<br />

4. The Free Spirit in Art? W. Fraenger, The Millennium of Hieronymus Bosh (found in Fine Arts,<br />

oversized books, ND653.B65.F713 1951.<br />

5. A Final Appraisal: Lerner, "The Place of the Heresy," pp. 229-243.

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