The Book of Margery Kempe: Annotated Edition (Paperback, New edition)

Fully-annotated edition of English mystic Margery Kempe's life and divine revelations [dated 1436-8]. [This edition previously published by Longman.] The Book of Margery Kempe, the earliest surviving autobiography in English (dated 1436-8), is a unique account of the extraordinary life, travels and revelations of a fifteenth-century Norfolk housewife and mother, pilgrim,prophet and visionary; it is one of the most compelling and significant English texts of the middle ages. This volume presents the original text in accessible form for modern readers, with on-page glossing and a glossary of common words. It is accompanied by on-page annotation of and commentary on the Book, bringing together scholarship on Kempe and setting her life in the social, political and spiritual context of her time. An introduction provides information on and context for the further interpretation of the text, and the volume is completed by a chronology of Kempe's life. [This edition previously published by Longman.] Professor BARRY WINDEATT is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

General

Imprint:	D.S. Brewer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2006
First published:	2006
Editors:	Barry A. Windeatt
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	492
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-84384-010-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian religious experience > Christian mysticism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian religious experience > Christian mysticism Books > Christianity > Christian Religious Experience > Christian mysticism
LSN:	1-84384-010-3
Barcode:	9781843840107

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