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Works
A Crying Mystic, Margery Kempe Goes to Jerusalem, The Book of Margery Kempe, Treatise of Contemplation
A Visit with Margery Kempe: A Medieval Journey
An essay examining her life and Book. By the Rev. Grant S. Carey.
Background to "A Medieval Woman on Pilgrimmag
Notes from an introductory course on the history of civilization, taught at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Biography.com: Kempe, Margery
Very brief profile.
Columbia Encyclopedia: Kempe, Margery
Brief biographical entry.
Mapping Margery Kempe
Resources for studying Kempe in her cultural and social context, particularly the material culture of the 15th-century East Anglian parish. Includes the text of her Book, links to contemporary religious figures, medieval iconography.
Margery Kempe, Mystic
Brief profile, courtesy of the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England.
Margery Kempe: 15th-century seeker
Reflection on Kempe's search for God, by Mary Ann Jeffreys.
Margery Kempe: A Medieval Eccentric
Biographical article by Isabelle de Foix. Includes bibliography.
Mystic and Pilgrim: The "Book" and the W
Clarissa W. Atkinson's book reviewed by JoAnn Wolski Conn, in "Theology Today," April 1984.
Mysticism, Meditation, and Identification in "
By Carolyn Coulson. Published in "Essays in Medieval Studies," vol. 12.
Notes on Reading the Life of Margery Kempe of Lynn
Lecture notes, from an introductory university course on medieval history, taught by Lynn Harry Nelson.
Other Women's Voices: Margery Kempe
Brief biography, excerpts from her Book, annotated bibliography, and directory of selected online resources.
The Book of Margery Kempe and the Pre-Tridentine D
Paper presented by Thomas L. Long at the 1999 International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kempe, according to her Book, spent a great deal of energy trying to gain ecclesiastical approval of her spirituality. The Book itself is an extension of this.
Traveling to Jerusalem: Margery Kempe
Brief biography, itinerary, maps of the route of her pilgrimage to Jerusalem, student seminar papers, annotated bibliography. Also includes the Butler-Bowden translation of pertinent chapters from her Book.
Website of Unknowing: Margery Kempe
Brief, sympathetic essay on the most colorful and outrageous of the great British mystics.
Women's History Resource Site: Margery Kempe
Brief biography, and annotated bibliography.