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Margery Kempe

A Mixed Life
By Anthony Bale
Series: Medieval Lives
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This biography offers a fresh account of Margery Kempe, a late 14th-century mystic and pilgrim who chronicled her extraordinary life, including her 14 children and extensive travels across Europe. Drawing extensively on The Book of Margery Kempe, often regarded as the first English autobiography, Anthony Bale explores her religious visions, personal experiences, and the historical context of her time. The book also details the rediscovery of her unique manuscript in the 1930s, enriched with quotations and illustrations that illuminate the life of this remarkable medieval woman.
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Ideal for readers interested in medieval history, religious studies, women's lives in the Middle Ages, and early autobiographical literature.

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A new account of the late fourteenth-century mystic, pilgrim and author Margery Kempe.

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This is a new account of the late 14th-century mystic and pilgrim, Margery Kempe. Kempe, who had 14 children, travelled all over Europe and recorded a series of unusual events and religious visions in her work, The Book of Margery Kempe, which is often called the first autobiography in the English language.

Anthony Bale charts her life and tells her story through the places, relationships, objects, and experiences that influenced her. Extensive quotations from Kempe's book, along with generous illustrations, provide fascinating insight into the life of a medieval woman.

Margery Kempe is situated within the religious controversies of her time, and her religious visions and later years are put in context. Lastly, there is the story of the rediscovery, in the 1930s, of the unique manuscript of her autobiography.

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Praised for its erudition and sympathetic portrayal, this study presents Margery Kempe as a complex, fiercely independent woman navigating doubts and challenges. Scholars commend Bale's blend of rigorous research and vivid, poetic storytelling, which situates Kempe within the European cities of her life and offers insightful analysis of her autobiography's trials and triumphs.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789144703

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Reaktion Books

Illustration: 29 illustrations, 22 in colour

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 248

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Anthony Bale Biography & Memoir Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Royalty & Religion Biographies Series: Medieval Lives

About the Author

Anthony Bale is Professor of Medieval Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. He has published many articles and books on medieval literature and culture including a translation of The Book of Margery Kempe (2016). He lives in London.

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