Marguerite de Navarre (French: Marguerite d'Angouleme, Marguerite d'Alencon; 11 April 1492 - 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angouleme and Margaret of Navarre, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alencon and Berry. As an author and a patron of humanists and reformers, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance. Marguerite wrote many poems and plays. Her most notable works are a classic collection of short stories, the Heptameron, and a remarkably intense religious poem, ...
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Marguerite de Navarre (French: Marguerite d'Angouleme, Marguerite d'Alencon; 11 April 1492 - 21 December 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angouleme and Margaret of Navarre, was the princess of France, Queen of Navarre, and Duchess of Alencon and Berry. As an author and a patron of humanists and reformers, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance. Marguerite wrote many poems and plays. Her most notable works are a classic collection of short stories, the Heptameron, and a remarkably intense religious poem, Miroir de l'ame pecheresse (Mirror of the Sinful Soul).
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