Memoirs of a Medieval Woman

In the 1430''s, an elderly British woman named Margery Kempe dictated her memoirs to hired scribes. The result is considered the first autobiography written in English, and is also the tale of a remarkable woman who was not afraid to violate the social mores of the day in order to achieve her goals. Louise Collis tells the story of Margery Kempe in Memoirs of a Medieval Woman. In many ways, Margery was a typical middle-class woman of her time; married to a local merchant, she bore fourteen children. However, after the birth of her first child she experienced a spiritual awakening that would eventually send her on journeys throughout Europe and the Middle East. Memoirs of a Medieval Woman is more than a biography; it is a colorful and detailed portrait of daily life in the Middle Ages.

Product details

• Authors: Louise Collis, Collis Louise
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.1983
• EAN: 9780060909925
• ISBN: 978-0-06-090992-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Europe, HISTORY / Medieval, HISTORY / Women, Christianity, History of Religion, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and beliefs, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, RELIGION: History, HISTORY: Women, HISTORY: Medieval, RELIGION: Spirituality, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Women's Studies, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain, WOMEN'S STUDIES: PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, RELIGION: Faith, Women's Studies / Philosophy & Religion