Margery Kempe

British Christian mystic and author · United Kingdom · Writers · Born 1373

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Margery Kempe was an English Catholic mystic, known for writing through dictation The Book of Margery Kempe, a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language.

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A page from The Book of Margery Kempe

Manuscript of The Book of Margery Kempe, chapter 18 (excerpt)

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On a nygth, as this creatur lay in hir bedde wyth hir husbond, sche herd a sownd of melodye so swet and delectable, hir thowt, as sche had ben in paradyse.
On a night, as this creature lay in her bed with her husband, she heard a sound of melody so sweet and delectable, that she thought she had, Own words
Pacyens is more worthy than myraclys werkyng.
Patience is more worthy than miracle-working., Own words

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Margery Kempe was an English Catholic mystic, known for writing through dictation The Book of Margery Kempe, a work considered by some to be the first autobiography in the English language. 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. She is honoured in the Anglican Communion, but has not been canonised as a Catholic saint.

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