TY - BOOK AU - Thysell,Carol TI - The pleasure of discernment: Marguerite de Navarre as theologian T2 - Oxford studies in historical theology SN - 9780195350135 AV - PQ1631.H4 T49 2000eb U1 - 843/.3 22 PY - 2000/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford Univ. Press KW - Marguerite, KW - Margarete KW - Heptaméron (Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre) KW - fast KW - Women and literature KW - France KW - History KW - 16th century KW - Literary form KW - Gender identity in literature KW - Theology in literature KW - Allegory KW - Femmes et littérature KW - Histoire KW - 16e siècle KW - Identité sexuelle dans la littérature KW - Théologie dans la littérature KW - Genres littéraires KW - Allégorie KW - Religion KW - gnd KW - Literaturproduktion KW - Heptaméron (Valois) KW - gtt KW - Femme KW - rasuqam KW - Identité sexuelle KW - Théologie KW - Thème littéraire KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-175) and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=273831 ER -