The Book of Margery Kempe

Edited by Lynn Staley

Book cover: The Book of Margery Kempe

Extent: 272 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 1996)

ISBN: 9781879288720

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $24.95

In stock

PDF (Published)

(December 1996)

ISBN: 9781580444705

Price: $20.00

This edition, faithful to the original Middle English text but edited for accessibility to students, includes a gloss, notes, introduction, and a glossary, making The Book of Margery Kempe an excellent choice for any class interested in religion, gender, travel, or even daily life in late medieval Europe.


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, notes, introduction, and a glossary, making The Book of Margery Kempe an excellent choice for any class interested in religion, gender, travel, or even daily life in late medieval Europe.

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  • Edited by Lynn Staley