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The Book Of Margery Kempe
Lynn Staley
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Description for The Book Of Margery Kempe
Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
In this fresh, classroom-friendly volume, Margery Kempe, a married woman from fifteenth-century England, dictates her remarkable life story. Far from provincial, this extraordinary woman tells us about her business ventures in Lynn, her spiritual conversion and asceticism, and her travels all around Europe and the Holy Land while on pilgrimage. Kempe presents a splendidly detailed perspective of a woman from the rising middle class of the late Middle Ages, of a frequent pilgrim, and of a would-be saint gifted with spectacular crying. This edition, faithful to the original Middle English text but edited for accessibility to students, includes a gloss, ... Read more
In this fresh, classroom-friendly volume, Margery Kempe, a married woman from fifteenth-century England, dictates her remarkable life story. Far from provincial, this extraordinary woman tells us about her business ventures in Lynn, her spiritual conversion and asceticism, and her travels all around Europe and the Holy Land while on pilgrimage. Kempe presents a splendidly detailed perspective of a woman from the rising middle class of the late Middle Ages, of a frequent pilgrim, and of a would-be saint gifted with spectacular crying. This edition, faithful to the original Middle English text but edited for accessibility to students, includes a gloss, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Series
MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781879288720
SKU
V9781879288720
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-24
About Lynn Staley
Lynn Staley is Professor of the humanities and medieval studies at Colgate University. She specializes in Chaucer, medieval literature and culture, Spenser, and early Renaissance literature.
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