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|title=The Book of Margery Kempe

|sort=Book of Margery Kempe, The

|pages=336

|publisher=Oxford University Press

|summary=In a book considered to be the first biography in the English language, Margery Kempe tells of her life, as she goes from a young wife and failing businesswoman, to a devout woman who regularly experiences vivid hallucinations. This new translation by Anthony Bale makes her tales readable and relatable, and this in an extremely interesting account of life and faith in the middle ages.

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Born around 1373, Margery Kempe grew up in a family of good standing - her Father serving as a mayor, and as a member of parliament. Whilst no records remain of her childhood, it is unlikely that Margery would have received any kind of formal education. She was, however, taught religious texts, which may well have set the way for the visions she would encounter later in life.

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