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

Publication Info.	Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, [2000]
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Description	1 online resource (viii, 181 pages) : portrait.
Series	Oxford studies in historical theology
	Oxford studies in historical theology.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-175) and index.
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.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, 1492-1549. Heptaméron.
	Heptaméron (Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre) (OCoLC)fst01356763
	Marguerite, reine, épouse d'Henri II, roi de Navarre, 1492-1549.
	Margarete Navarra, Königin, 1492-1549.
	Women and literature -- France -- History -- 16th century.
	Literary form -- History -- 16th century.
	Gender identity in literature.
	Theology in literature.
	Allegory.
	Literary form.
	Marguerite.
	Women and literature.
	Allegory. (OCoLC)fst00805516
	Gender identity in literature. (OCoLC)fst00939607
	Literary form. (OCoLC)fst00999924
	Theology in literature. (OCoLC)fst01149615
	Women and literature. (OCoLC)fst01177093
	France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
	Heptaméron (Valois)
	Femme.
	Identité sexuelle.
	Allégorie.
	Théologie.
	Thème littéraire.
	Religion.
	Literaturproduktion.
Chronological Term	1500-1599
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Thysell, Carol, 1950- Pleasure of discernment. Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©2000 0195138457 9780195138450 (DLC) 99052650 (OCoLC)42680469
ISBN	9780195350135 (electronic bk.)
	0195350138 (electronic bk.)

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