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Abelard, Peter 75–76 seventh stage 54 ability, translations of 79–80 sixth stage 53–54 abyss language 54 and theological anthropology 44–50 Ad fraters de Monte Dei (William of and three beautiful considerations 52 St. Thierry) 61 and the Trinity 46–47, 48 Ad Nostrum (Clementine decree) 201, 208, and the will 39, 55, 56–57 301, 314–315 Anselm of Canterbury 244 Adam 44, 57 antinomianism 58, 301, 302, 307 Adrienne of Berlaymont 163, 326 apophatic theology Advice on the Subject of Everyday Behavior definition of 89 (Anon.) 181–183 of Henry of Friemar 32 Alexander (monk) 164 of Marguerite Porete 31, 89–90, 92–93, Alexander the Great 94–95, 302, 303–304, 307 parables of 66, 83, 102–103, 130, 323 of Pseudo-Dionysius 32, 89–90, 93–95, see also Romance of Alexander 302–303 (Alexandre de Paris) approbationes (letters of approval) 27–29, “Aliter vocatur Margarita” 199–200 191, 205, 228, 320–321, 329–330, Alphonse of Pecha 246 334 L’Ame de Foy (the Soul with Faith) Archives du Nord (Lille) 119 328–329 Arundel, Thomas 253, 262 Ame (Soul). see Soul (personification) audience Amherst manuscript see ms Additional in Mirror 123, 132–135, 149 37790 of Mirror Ancrene Wisse (Anon.) 246 in general 132–137, 149, 189–190, 308, Andrieu Contredit 109 309, 310, 317–318, 325–326 Angela of Foligno 54 n78, 189, 199 Latin translations 189–190 n44, 320 Middle English translation 247, 268, Angevin dynasty (Naples) 222–223 298 Anne of Orléans 162 Augustine of Hippo annihilated life, two types of 54 influence of, on Hugh of St. Victor 82 annihilation as source for Mirror 59, 61, 63, 65–73 concept of views of and communism 322 on human will 71, 90 Dionysian influence on 305–307 on use of figurative language 270–271 use of term 38–39 n2 works of of human soul Confessions 73, 133 n31, 244 in general 38–39, 43–44 Contemplations 164 n31 descriptions of 55, 56 De civitate Dei 71–72 and human body 53, 55 De doctrina christiana 69, 250, 270 and love 49, 51, 52, 54, 56–57 De Trinitate 70 seven-stage path to 50–57 Exposition of the Psalms 73 in general 45, 88 In I Johannem 61, 73 fifth stage 51–53 Soliloquium 67–68, 164 n31 first stages 50–51 The Spirit and the Letter 71

368 Index authorship Berengar of Landora 204 of Mirror 138–147 Berengar of Vernet 16 n17 of Margaret of Hungary 221, 222–223, Bernard of Clairvaux 42, 60, 61, 62, 63, 227–232 73–81, 165, 243, 244 of Marguerite Porete 20–22, 121, Bernardino of Siena 206–207, 215–216 122–123, 138, 139–140, 142–143, 151, 224, Bertelli, Sandro 187 n4 226, 265 The Betrothal Gift of the Soul (Hugh of Underhill’s views on 264 St. Victor) 82, 163 n31, 164, 165 Ayenbite of Inwyt (Remorse of Conscience; Dan Bible 64–65 Michel of Northgate) 276–277, 279 Bibliothèque Municipale (Bourges) 158 Bibliothèque National (Paris) 118–119, 158 Babinsky, Ellen L. 63, 69, 71, 79–81, 85, 121, Body of Christ 328–329 315 Boethius 62–63 Banfi, Florio 191 n15, 223, 224 boldness/tameness, in Mirror/Mirror transla- Barbo, Ludovico 208, 216 tions 193, 202 Barking Abbey 248, 252, 283–284 Bonaventure 59, 61, 63, 65–73, 82, 164 Baufet, William 34–35 Boniface iii 16 Bazire, Joyce 243, 248 book (livre), in Mirror 124–126, 149 Beatrice of Nazareth 53 n73, 320 Book of Job 251, 271–272, 281 begging, spiritual 145–146 The Book of the Discipline of Divine Love beghards 10, 203, 205, 242, 253, 301, 313, (Anon.) 159–161, 183–185, 195 315, 316 book ownership 188, 242–243, 244–246, 248, see also beguines 250, 252 beguines book titles, with “mirror,” 131–132 antinomianism of 301, 307 Books Under Suspicion (Kerby-Fulton) 254– condemnation/persecution 242, 255, 300 253–254, 297, 313–316 Brautmystik 42 as context for Marguerite 9, 18, 19, 24–25, bridal imagery 34, 40, 307–311, 313 in Mirror 43, 88, 96 criticism on 312–313 in ms Valenciennes 239, 169–171 disapproving of Mirror 192 used by, Hugh of St. Victor 82–83 and Free Spiritism 242, 297, 314, Bridget of Sweden 244, 283, 298 315–316 Brigittine order 248, 251, 283 gender-based views on 319, 321 Brisebarre, Jean 172 illiteracy in Latin of 205 Brown, Elizabeth A.R. 17, 18 rise of 311–312 Brown, Jennifer 298 supporters of 312 burning, of Mirror 9, 11, 20, 26, 27, 120, 155, way of life of 116, 312–313 204, 215, 324 see also beghards Bynum, Caroline Walker 319 “Beloved, beloved, you are leaving me too long in a foreign land” (song) 113–114 Caffarini, Tommaso 227, 332 Benedictine order 17–18, 161–162, 188, 208, Candace 103 216, 248, 250, 251, 252 Capistran, John 196, 209–210, 213–214, 216, Benjamin 84–86 220, 227, 238 Benjamin Major (Richard of St. Victor) 62, Carson, Anne 319 82, 84, 85 Carthusian order Benjamin Minor (Richard of St. Victor) 61, manuscript dissemination by 177, 249, 62, 79–80, 82, 87 262, 288