Perilous Passages [electronic resource] : The Book of Margery Kempe, 1534–1934 /
Chappell, Julie.author.
This study will significantly further our interpretations of the unique autobiography of Margery Kempe, lay woman turned mystic and visionary. Following the manuscript from a Carthusian monastery through history, Chappell bridges the gaps in our understanding of the transmission of texts from the medieval past to the present.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""Proym            ""; ""List of Abbreviations                            ""; ""Prologue               ""; ""1. The Carthusian Connection                                   ""; ""2. Carthusian Preaching Materials                                        ""; ""3. Death, Dissolution, and Dispersal                                           ""; ""4. Digbys, Erdeswicks, Bowdons, and Butler-Bowdons                                                         ""
""5. Recovery, Revelation, and Revival                                           """"Epilogue               ""; ""Notes            ""; ""Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study will significantly further our interpretations of the unique autobiography of Margery Kempe, lay woman turned mystic and visionary. Following the manuscript from a Carthusian monastery through history, Chappell bridges the gaps in our understanding of the transmission of texts from the medieval past to the present.
Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373-
Europe—History.
Europe—History—476-1492.
Literature, Modern.
Literature.
History, Modern.
British literature.
European History.
History of Medieval Europe.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Literature, general.
Modern History.
British and Irish Literature.