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Miroir de l'âme pécheresse

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Miroir de l’âme pécheresse ("Mirror of the Sinful Soul") is a 1531 poem by Marguerite d'Angoulême. It was translated by the future Queen Elizabeth I in 1548 as A Godly Meditation of the Soul.[1] Sorbonne theologians condemned the work as heresy. A monk said Marguerite should be sewn into a sack and thrown into the Seine. Students at the Collège de Navarre satirized her in a play as "a Fury from Hell". Her brother forced the charges to be dropped, however, and obtained an apology from the Sorbonne.[2]

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  1. ^ "Margaret of Angoulême | French queen consort and poet | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ Queen Margaret of Navarre (March 2014). The Mirror of the Sinful Soul. Literary Licensing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-4979-7511-8.

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