Dates That Made History
June 1, 1310 - Marguerite Porete dies at the stake
TV-PG
S3 • E11 Nov 9, 2025 26mThe mystic Marguerite Porete was burned at the stake in Paris in 1310. She had written a book that the Church considered heretical. Against the backdrop of the trials of heretics and political opponents under Philip the Fair, the question arises: Was Marguerite Porete's gruesome death a harbinger of the later witch hunts?
