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The Book of Margery Kempe: Annotated Edition "The Book of Margery Kempe" is an account of the life, travels and revelations of a fifteenth-century Norfolk housewife and mother, pilgrim, prophet and visionary. This volume presents the original text, with on-page glossing and a glossary of common words. It is accompanied by on-page annotation of and commentary on the Book. Full descriptionRead More

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  • Foyles

    A remarkable medieval woman's life and the earliest surviving autobiography in English, now updated with new materialThe story of the eventful life of Margery Kempe - medieval wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving autobiography in English. Here Kempe recounts in vivid, unembarrassed detail the madness that followed the birth of the first of her fourteen children, the failure of her brewery business, her dramatic call to the spiritual life, her vow of chastity and pilgrimages to Europe and the Holy Land. Margery Kempe could not read or write, and dictated her story late in life: a remarkable portrait of a woman of unforgettable character and courage. This fully updated edition of Barry Windeatt's modern English translation includes a new introduction, notes and scholarly apparatus. Translated with a new introduction by Barry Windeatt

  • TheBookPeople

    The story of the eventful and controversial life of Margery Kempe wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary is the earliest surviving autobiography in English. Here Kempe (c.1373 c.1440) recounts in vivid, unembarrassed detail the madness that followed the birth of the first of her fourteen children, the failure of her brewery business, her dramatic call to the spiritual life, her visions and uncontrollable tears, the struggle to convert her husband to a vow of chastity and her pilgrimages to Europe and the Holy Land. Margery Kempe could not read or write, and dictated her remarkable story late in life. It remains an extraordinary record of human faith and a portrait of a medieval woman of unforgettable character and courage.

  • Penguin

    This earliest-known British autobiography is a remarkable and touching record of the author's difficult pilgrimage from madness to Christian faith.

  • Pickabook

    Margery Kempe, Barry Windeatt (Trans)

  • 0140432515
  • 9780140432510
  • Margery Kempe
  • 8 February 2000
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 336
  • 1
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