The book of Margery Kempe
Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373-2005
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This story of the eventful and controversial life of Margery Kempe - wife, mother, businesswoman, pilgrim and visionary - is the earliest surviving autobiography in English. Barry Windeatt's translation from Middle English makes the text accessible for the modern reader.
Main title:
The book of Margery Kempe / Margery Kempe.
Edition:
New ed. / edited by Barry Windeatt.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2005.
Collation:
336 p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Middle English.First published 1985. Reprinted with a revised bibliography 1994. Reprinted with revised further reading 2004."--T.p. verso.Formerly CIP.Translated from the Middle English.
ISBN:
9780140432510 (pbk)
Dewey class:
248.2092248.2209
Language:
EnglishEnglish, Middle (1100-1500)
Subject:
BRN:
128306