Description |
vi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index. |
Contents |
Margery Kempe and the ages on 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 |
A collection of twelve essays by historians and literary critics who explore Margery Kempe, her Book, and her world. |
Subject |
Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373- Book of Margery Kempe.
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Christian literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticism.
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Christian literature, English (Middle) |
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Christian women -- Religious life -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Christian women -- Religious life. |
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England. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
Subject |
Mysticism -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Feminism and literature. |
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Dissenters, Religious -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Dissenters, Religious. |
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Women and literature. |
Added Author |
Arnold, John, 1969-
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Lewis, Katherine J., 1969-
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ISBN |
1843840308 Hardback alkaline paper |
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