The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe
SKU: B9780140432510 • Barcode: 9780140432510

The Book of Margery Kempe

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Book information

  • Format: Paperback
  • Main subject: Biography: historical, political and military
  • Genre / subject: Christian mysticism
  • Author: Margery Kempe
  • Audience: Adults

About the book

The Book of by Margery Kempe is a biography for adult readers.

A fully updated edition of Barry Windeatt's landmark translation of the remarkable life of Margery Kempe. 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.

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