The Book of Margery Kempe, Vol. I, Text (all published) - Early English Text Society Original Series - Margery Kempe - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780197222126 - May 22, 1997
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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.


510 pages, 2 black and white,

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 22, 1997
ISBN13 9780197222126
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 512
Dimensions 227 × 147 × 34 mm   ·   736 g
Language English  
Editor Meech, S.B.

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