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In 1946 Romana Guarnieri identified Marguerite Porete as the author of the Mirror of Simple Souls. Since a small number of historians has recently expressed doubts about this identification, a fresh look at the evidence is warranted. This article first returns to Guarnieri’s announcement and subsequent statements on the subject in order to highlight both their strengths and their weaknesses. It then re-assesses the evidence, paying particular attention to new findings that have emerged since 1946. Although Guarnieri’s treatment of the evidence contained flaws, she was all but certainly correct in identifying Marguerite Porete as the author of the Mirror of Simple Souls. New, precise, linguistic analysis and fresh manuscript discoveries strengthen this case.
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