The instructor will work closely with the students for both guiding the research and refining the Web entry. Below are listed just a few of the directions that a student might pursue. The parish church and cathedral. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, dress defined the gender, class, and political status of the wearer. Margery Kempe speaks a great deal about her dress.
Many images show elaborate costume for the laity and the clergy.
The series of baptismal fonts of the late 15th century in East Anglia show specific depiction's of the Seven Sacraments. Margery Kempe also speaks about the struggles of a church in Lynn to be allowed to install a font and conduct baptisms. She was married, and also speaks of her reception of the Eucharist, and the priest who gave her penance. The definitions of the sacraments and their development. Margery Kempe was accused of being a Lollard and is at pains to define her orthodoxy in her memoir.