a companion to the book of margery kempe

Unclear of how she should respond to the visions she continued everyday life with her husband and produced many more children. She then experienced a vision and emerged calm and 'came to her senses' It was punctuated by loud and unrestrained crying Her condition was so severe that she had to be constrained. She suffered the equivalent of a nervous breakdown. What provoked the visions of Margery Kempe? She was suffering from a disturbed state of mind caused by any number of events including depression (post natal), feelings of guilt, an over-imaginative mind, a spiritual crisis and an unsympathetic confessor When the 'visions' of Margery Kempe began: She experienced her first Christian vision c1394 following the delivery of her first child Hence the assumption that she was born in 1373.Ĭhildren: Margery and John Kempe produced 14 children Married: Margery Kempe married John Kempe at the age of twenty in 1393.

She dictated her memoirs which were transcribed as 'The Book of Margery Kempe' Time Reference: Lived during the reign of the English kings Edward III, Richard II and Henry IVĭate of Birth: She was born Margery Brunham at King's Lynn, Norfolk (then called Bishop's Lynn) in approximately 1373įamily connections : She was the daughter of John Brunham, a wealthy merchant in King's Lynn who was involved in local politics and achieved the position of mayor and Member of ParliamentĮducation: Margery Kempe was unable to read or write but had people read to her.

The following biography information provides basic facts and information about the life and history of Margery Kempe, a famous Medieval character:

A companion to the book of margery kempe