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Author Thysell, Carol, 1950-

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

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, [2000]
©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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