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“The Book of Margery Kempe” is a medieval text attributed to Margery Kempe, an English Christian mystic and pilgrim who lived at the turn of the fifteenth century. The book details Kempe’s life, her travels, her accounts of divine revelation, and her visions of interacting with the Trinity, particularly Jesus, as well as other biblical ...
Sep 1, 2007 · This collection of essays aims to return the English contemplative Margery Kempe to her historical context, in reaction to a recent tendency to fictionalise her as a mere figure in her Book, whose adventures, like those of Sir John Mandeville, may correspond to no historical reality.
The Book of Margery Kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother and mystic from Norfolk. Having married in c. 1393, given birth to 14 children, and pursued unsuccessful ventures in brewing and milling, Kempe made a vow of chastity and embarked on a life of prayer, penance and pilgrimage.
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A short summary of Margery Kempe's The Book of Margery Kempe. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Book of Margery Kempe.
- Margery (Burnham) b. ca. . Kempe, Sanford Brown Meech, Hope Emily Allen
- 1940
Aug 8, 2024 · The Book of Margery Kempe, by writer and director Natalie Lines, takes a fresh look at a mediaeval work by the same name, which some believe to be the first known autobiography in the English language.
by: Lynn Staley (Author) from: The Book of Margery Kempe 1996. Written probably in the late 1430s, The Book of Margery Kempe is one of the most astonishing documents of late medieval English life.
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Mar 15, 2014 · Perhaps the first autobiography ever written in English, this book contains the incredible life story of the female mystic, Margery Kempe, who lived in what is now Kings Lynn, Norfolk from c. 1373 to c. 1440.