Abstract
In the seventieth novella of the Heptameron, Marguerite de Navarre retells the very popular medieval tale, La Chastelaine de Vergi. This article examines novella 70 in light of the changes Marguerite made on its analogue and reads the story primarily as a product of Marguerite's Evangelical spirituality. Oisille, the story's narrator, and the most religious of the frame narrative storytellers, recasts the story as an exegetical lesson in the New Testament. She transforms a tragic tale of the failure of courtly love into an inspirational act of evangelism intended to renew her listeners' faith in Christ. This study adds to scholarship which argues that prereformist spirituality is central to Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron.
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