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Feiss, Hugh, trans., Supplement to the Life of Marie D'Oignies (Vox Benedictina: A Journal of Translations from Monastic Sources. 7.1: 53-72., 1990). View Source Online
Text name(s): Supplement to the Life of Marie D'Oignies
Number of pages of primary source text: 20
Medieval Author(s): Thomas de Cantimpre
Dates: 1225 - 1235
Archival Reference:
Original Language(s): Latin;
Translation: English translation.
Translation Comments: Translation based on edition in Acta Sanctorum, June 23 (1867) 5: 572-581
Geopolitical Region(s): France;
County/Region: Liege
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Record Type(s): Hagiography |
Subject Heading(s): Clergy - Monks, Nuns, Friars Literature - Devotional Piety Saints Women / Gender |
Apparatus: Introduction
Comments:
Thomas de Cantimpre wrote this text as a supplement to Jacques de Vitry’s Life of Marie D’Oignies: it deals especially with events concerning Jacques, who was inspired by Marie to become a clergyman, and Giles, a founder of the monastery of Oignies. Marie was a beguine, a woman who lived a religious life while still remaining an active participant in the secular world and had mystical visions. The entire text, with introduction and notes, is available on the Monastic Matrix website, a site devoted to the study of medieval women’s religious communities.
Introduction Summary:
The introduction provides a brief biography of Thomas de Cantimpre. Feiss then discusses the tension in the work between the fantasic marvels and the high religious ideals found in the text.
Cataloger: MK