Skirting heresy
Subtitle: the life and times of Margery Kempe
By: Elizabeth MacDonald
Publisher: Franciscan Media
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781616367169
Subjects: Women mystics; Mysticism; Biography; History
Description: It was perhaps England's darkest hour. It was a time when reading the Bible was against the law, and there was a death penalty in place to stop heresy; even Catholic priests were being burned alive. Margery Kempe was born into this world. She dared to follow her truth, and the calling she knew came from Jesus Christ himself. But she paid mightily for it, and she was repeatedly arrested, put on trial, even threatened with death. Kempe's only lifeline was her wit, determination, and a few influential friends who believed in her cause.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210).
Table of contents: title: 1417; title: 1393; title: Evil visitors; title: Saved; title: Bishop's Lynn; title: Turmoil; title: Neighbors mock; title: 1408; title: Marriage in trouble; title: Backlash; title: Priest arrested; title: First burned; title: Chastity in marriage; title: Canterbury monks; title: Patron saint of gossip; title: Arundel, then Julian; title: Pilgrimage; title: Battling pilgrims; title: Abandoned; title: Unexpected reunion; title: The Holy Land; title: To Rome; title: Home to England; title: Arrested; title: Fighting for her life; title: Banished; title: Margery's miracle; title: Passings.