A cura di sanford brown meech con prefazione di hope emily allen. E nota come autrice di unappassionata autobiografia, il cosiddetto libro di m. Simultaneously exasperating, endearing, vulnerable and eccentric, margery kempe, mother of fourteen children and wife to a bemused john kempe, provides us with an autobiographical account of her own singular brand of affective piety excessive weeping, lack of bodily control, compulsive travelling, visionary meditations and the growth of. Authors, english middle english, 11001500 biography. What follows here is a reconstructed version of the plot timeline, just so your head wont explode. The book of margery kempe ebook margery kempe casa del libro. Her book chronicles her domestic tribulations, her extensive pilgrimages to holy sites in europe and the holy land, as well as her mystical conversations with god. The earliest autobiography in english, it describes kempes transformation from businesswoman to pilgrim, her visions, hostile encounters with clergy and travels to holy sites abroad. The book of margery kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic. Margery kempe e una mistica inglese del quattrocento pressoche sconosciuta in italia. Read download the book of margery kempe pdf pdf download.
Autobiografia spirituale di una laica del quattrocento. Il libro di margery kempe, scritto nel 1436 dal confessore della devota. Lultima sezione del libro ha a che fare con il viaggio effettuato negli anni 1430 in norvegia e nel sacro romano impero. Kempe, dove narra della sua crisi religiosa, dei viaggi in italia e in terra santa col marito, delle sue visioni e del processo religioso a cui, accusata di lollardismo, fu sottoposta.
Mistica kings lynn, norfolk, 73 circa ivi dopo il 1436. Married at twenty, she had a vision of christ following her first childbirth, and after early failures as a businesswoman, felt herself called to the spiritual life. The earliest autobiography in english, it describes kempe s transformation from businesswoman to pilgrim, her visions, hostile encounters with clergy and travels to holy sites abroad. Known as the earliest autobiography written in the english language, kempes book describes. The story of the eventful and controversial life of margery kempe wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary is the earliest surviving autobiography in english. It details kempe s life, her travels, her alleged experiences of divine revelation including her visions of interacting with jesus as well as other biblical figures, and her presence at key biblical events such as the nativity and. Als pdf herunterladen 59 kb metadaten dokumenttyp rezension monographie zeitschrift medievalia. A unique narrative of sin, sex and salvation, the book of margery kempe comprises a text which has continued to perplex and fascinate contemporary audiences since its discovery in the library of an english country house in 1934. The book of margery kempe is a medieval text attributed to margery kempe, an english christian mystic and pilgrim who lived at the turn of the fifteenth century. Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages early works to 1800.
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