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Margery Kempe
A Mixed Life
Buch von Anthony Bale
Sprache: Englisch

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This is a new account of the late-fourteenth-century mystic and pilgrim Margery Kempe. Kempe, who had 14 children, travelled all over Europe and recorded a series of unusual events and religious visions in her work. The Book of Margery Kempe, which is often called the first autobiography in the English language. Anthony Bale charts her life, and tells her story through the places, relationships, objects and experiences that influenced her. Extensive quotation from Kempe's Book, and generous illustration, gives fascinating insight into the life of a medieval woman. Margery Kempe is situated within the religious controversies of her time, and her religious visions and later years put in context. Lastly there is the story of the rediscovery, in the 1930s, of the unique manuscript of her autobiography.
This is a new account of the late-fourteenth-century mystic and pilgrim Margery Kempe. Kempe, who had 14 children, travelled all over Europe and recorded a series of unusual events and religious visions in her work. The Book of Margery Kempe, which is often called the first autobiography in the English language. Anthony Bale charts her life, and tells her story through the places, relationships, objects and experiences that influenced her. Extensive quotation from Kempe's Book, and generous illustration, gives fascinating insight into the life of a medieval woman. Margery Kempe is situated within the religious controversies of her time, and her religious visions and later years put in context. Lastly there is the story of the rediscovery, in the 1930s, of the unique manuscript of her autobiography.
Über den Autor
Anthony Bale is professor of medieval studies at Birkbeck, University of London. He has published many articles and books on medieval literature and culture, including a translation of The Book of Margery Kempe.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781789144703
ISBN-10: 1789144701
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Bale, Anthony
Hersteller: Reaktion Books
Maße: 220 x 145 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Anthony Bale
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.10.2021
Gewicht: 0,578 kg
Artikel-ID: 119786078
Über den Autor
Anthony Bale is professor of medieval studies at Birkbeck, University of London. He has published many articles and books on medieval literature and culture, including a translation of The Book of Margery Kempe.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Biographien, Importe
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781789144703
ISBN-10: 1789144701
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Bale, Anthony
Hersteller: Reaktion Books
Maße: 220 x 145 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Anthony Bale
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.10.2021
Gewicht: 0,578 kg
Artikel-ID: 119786078
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