The Book of Margery Kempe

by Margery Kempe Narrated by Lucy Scott

Overview

The Book of Margery Kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother and mystic from Norfolk. Having married in c. 1393, given birth to 14 children, and pursued unsuccessful ventures in brewing and milling, Kempe made a vow of chastity and embarked on a life of prayer, penance and pilgrimage. Known as the earliest autobiography in the English language, it contains intimate portraits of people and places, and a remarkable eye for detail, as it traces the transformation of a `sinful wretch' to a holy pilgrim.

Editorial Reviews

Fran Shaw

...[A]n oral history of the religious life of an English woman...an account of the awakening of a spiritual love "fixed upon God"....[a book for] the student of history, especially church history, medieval Catholicism, and 14th-century England.
— Parabola

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176347944
Publisher:	Naxos Audiobooks
Publication date:	08/30/2017
Edition description:	Unabridged

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