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The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe (Paperback, 1985)

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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.

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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.

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD

ISBN-139780140432510

eBay Product ID (ePID)88473418

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Book TitleThe Book of Margery Kempe

AuthorMargery Kempe

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicReligious History, Christianity

Publication Year1985

GenreBiographies & True Stories

Number of Pages384 Pages

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Item Height198mm

Item Width129mm

Item Weight247g

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Title_AuthorMargery Kempe

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by j-priyadarashanee
17 Feb, 2022
Still very helpful for the Traveller
Although it's an old book still very helpful for today's pilgrimage ....
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