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Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte (zhän märē` b

vyā` də lä môt güēyôN`), 1648–1717, French mystic and author of writings dealing largely with quietism quietism, a heretical form of religious mysticism founded by Miguel de Molinos, a 17th-century Spanish priest. Molinism, or quietism, developed within the Roman Catholic Church in Spain and spread especially to France, where its most influential exponent was Madame
..... Click the link for more information. . Confined by the government (1688) in a convent because of her heretical opinions and her correspondence with Miguel de Molinos Molinos, Miguel de (mēgĕl` dā mōlē`nōs), 1640–1697?, Spanish priest and mystic.
..... Click the link for more information. , she was released through the efforts of Mme de Maintenon. François Fénelon Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe
..... Click the link for more information. , who became her disciple, defended her in a famous controversy with Bossuet Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne (zhäk bānē`nyə bôsüā`)
..... Click the link for more information. . She was later condemned and imprisoned (1695–1702) in the Bastille. Her collected works appeared (1767–91) in 40 volumes.

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See her autobiography (tr. 1897).