Gendered Virtue, Vernacular Theology, and the Nature of Authority in the Heptameron
Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron contains ample evidence that the author was interested, like the magisterial reformers of her day, in the problems of certainty and the nature of authority. Before and after each day's stories, the devisants debate whether or not French society's beh...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1998
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1998, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-53 |
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| Summary: | Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron contains ample evidence that the author was interested, like the magisterial reformers of her day, in the problems of certainty and the nature of authority. Before and after each day's stories, the devisants debate whether or not French society's behavioral norms apply to men and women alike, but during their stay in the Cauteret mountains they create a nonhierarchical, nonauthoritarian community of equals. While their constant exchange of opinions has suggested to many interpreters that no single authorial or authoritative viewpoint may be determined, such conclusions ignore the guidelines for a process of discernment which emerge in the daily conversations. These guidelines are based on a shared theological anthropology similar to that of the reformers, but the process modeled has more in common with the vernacular theology practiced by Marguerite de Navarre's compatriots, the Beguines, some centuries earlier. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2544381 |