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Margery Kempe is a well-off middle-class townswoman in the medieval English town of King’s Lynn. After the birth of her first child, Margery has a nervous breakdown, seeing hideous devils all around her. Margery recovers after having a vision of Jesus Christ, and she decides to devote her life to holiness and contemplation of God.
- Margery (Burnham) b. ca. . Kempe, Sanford Brown Meech, Hope Emily Allen
- 1940
The Book tells a tale of conflict between Margery and key figures of the late medieval world who were invested with spiritual and secular authority — priests, bishops, and mayors — as well as with her husband and her fellow townspersons.
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The Book of Margery Kempe combines several medieval and Christian literary genres, including memoir, saint’s life (hagiography), and travel account. This combination makes the text unique beyond its status as the earliest autobiography attributed to a woman in English.
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