Originally published: 2004. Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.
Contents:
Margery Kempe and the ages of woman / Kim M. Phillips -- Men and Margery: negotiating the medieval patriarchy / Isabel Davis -- Lynn and the making of a mystic / Kate Parker -- Margery's trials: heresy, lollardy and dissent / John H. Arnold -- A shorte treatyse of contemplacyon: The book of Margery Kempe in its early print contexts / Allyson Foster -- Reading and The book of Margery Kempe / Jacqueline Jenkins -- Drama and piety: Margery Kempe / Claire Sponsler -- Political prophesy in The book of Margery Kempe / Diane Watt -- Margery's bodies: piety, work and penance / Sarah Salih -- 'Yf lak of charyte be not ower hynderawnce': Margery Kempe, Lynn, and the practice of spiritual and bodily works of mercy / P.H. Cullum -- Margery Kempe and saint making in later medieval England / Katherine J. Lewis.
Summary:
Collection of essays by twelve historians and literary critics who explore Margery Kempe, her Book, and her world.
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