The pleasure of discernment : Marguerite de Navarre as theologian / Carol Thysell.

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Thysell, Carol, 1950-

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computer

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online resource

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9780195350135
0195350138
1280965681
9781280965685
9786610965687
6610965684

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pleasure of discernment.DDC classification:

843/.3 22

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PQ1631.H4 T49 2000eb

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11.52

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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.

Summary: In this innovative study, Carol Thysell provides an in-depth examination of Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron. While this collection of tales is traditionally considered to be secular in nature, Thysell argues that Marguerite de Navarre used it as a vehicle for a constructive theological program.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-175) and index.

In this innovative study, Carol Thysell provides an in-depth examination of Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron. While this collection of tales is traditionally considered to be secular in nature, Thysell argues that Marguerite de Navarre used it as a vehicle for a constructive theological program.