The Pleasure of Discernment: Marguerite de Navarre as Theologian [1 ed.] 0195138457, 9780195138450

In this innovative study, Carol Thysell provides an in-depth examination of Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron. Whi

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The Pleasure of Discernment: Marguerite de Navarre as Theologian [1 ed.]
0195138457, 9780195138450

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Carol Thysell

Table of contents :
Contents
1 Gender and Genre: MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE AND THE TRADITION OF ALLEGORICAL RHETORIC
2 The Context of Liberty: MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE, CALVIN, AND THE SPIRITUAL LIBERTINES
3 Certainty, Ambiguity, and Evil: THE THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE
4 Of Brigands and Bridles: PROVIDENCE IN THE WORK OF CALVIN AND MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE
5 The Pleasure of Discernment: MORAL DELIBERATION IN THE HEPTAMERON
6 Discerning the Marguerite: ALLEGORICAL RHETORIC IN THE HEPTAMERON
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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