TRANSLATIONS

Two Lives of Marie d'Oignies, by Jacques de Vitry and Thomas de Cantimpré (4th edition, 1998)
Translated by Margot H. King and Hugh Feiss, OSB

For Latin text of Jacques de Vitry's Life please click here
For Latin text of Thomas de Cantimpré's Supplement please click here

Originally published separately, 'The Life of Marie d'Oignies, by Jacques de Vitry', 'The Supplement, by Thomas de Cantimpré' and  'The Anonymous History of the Church of Oignies'are indispensable for an  understanding of the first known beguine.

'The remarkable story of the ascetic life of Marie d'Oignies  is 
recounted in two works written by the influential thirteenth-century 
preacher, Jacques de Vitry, and Thomas de Cantimpré, his younger 
contemporary and admirer.  They offer a telling look at the 
implications of saintly power and authority, providing two distinct 
views of the same saintly subject.'
-Carolyn Muessig, author of Medieval Monastic Preaching(Leiden:Brill, 1998) and 
The Faces Of Women in the Sermons of Jacques de Vitry (Toronto: Peregrina, 1999)

'It belongs on the shelf with the life of Francis of Assisi for 
everyone interested in exploring Europe's response to the 
tensions of early capitalism.'
-Jo Ann McNamara, author of
Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns Through Two Millennia (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996)

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