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Title A companion to The book of Margery Kempe / edited by John H. Arnold and Katherine J. Lewis.

Publication Info. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer, 2004.

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 Moore Stacks  PR2007.K4 Z724 2004    Available  ---
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.
Christian literature, English (Middle) -- History and criticism.
Christian literature, English (Middle)
Christian women -- Religious life -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Christian women -- Religious life.
England.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Mysticism -- England -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Feminism and literature.
Dissenters, Religious -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Dissenters, Religious.
Women and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Women and literature.
Added Author Arnold, John, 1969-
Lewis, Katherine J., 1969-
ISBN 1843840308 Hardback alkaline paper