{"product_id":"margery-kempe-a-mixed-life-9781789144703","title":"Margery Kempe: A Mixed Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fresh account of the medieval mystic, traveling pilgrim, and pioneering memoirist Margery Kempe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a new account of the medieval mystic and pilgrim Margery Kempe. Kempe, who had fourteen children, traveled all over Europe and recorded a series of unusual events and religious visions in her work \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Margery Kempe\u003c\/i\u003e, which is often called the first autobiography in the English language. Anthony Bale charts Kempe's life and tells her story through the places, relationships, objects, and experiences that influenced her. Extensive quotations from Kempe's \u003ci\u003eBook\u003c\/i\u003e accompany generous illustrations, giving a 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. And lastly, Bale tells the extraordinary story of the rediscovery, in the 1930s, of the unique manuscript of her autobiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Bale\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Margery Kempe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50448253976850,"sku":"9781789144703","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a571bcf-f90e-46e6-b87a-c6e816b53c79.jpg?v=1729730885","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/margery-kempe-a-mixed-life-9781789144703","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}