{"product_id":"the-book-of-margery-kempe-hardcover","title":"The Book of Margery Kempe - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargery Kemp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLuke Penkett\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eLuke Penkett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is an illuminating modern English translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Margery Kempe.\u003c\/em\u003e With its comprehensive endnotes and indices, this volume takes account of the most recent findings in the field of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century affective devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile there are a number of articles and chapters in books, theses, and dissertations on various aspects of Margery Kempe's spirituality, this translation presents a synthesis of Margery's many diverse spiritual practices, contextualizing these in time to such inspirational early thirteenth-century texts as the \u003cem\u003eAncrene Wisse\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as transnationally to her contemporary \u003cem\u003emulieres religiosae\u003c\/em\u003e, who often formed their identities as they remained in the world, living as devout laywomen across Europe. Luke Penkett's introduction provides a scholarly yet accessible way to \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Margery Kempe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuke Penkett\u003c\/strong\u003e is a prolific writer with over ten books published, in addition to many articles, and innumerable reviews in several international academic journals. He is currently the honorary secretary of the Margery Kempe Society, curator of the Margery Kempe Collection at King's Lynn Minster (known in Margery's day as St. Margaret's), and book reviews editor for the journal \u003cem\u003eMedieval Mystical Theology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e +\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9.3 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53575061930291,"sku":"9780809106769","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/DU33i2mNdc9780809106769.webp?v=1782774739","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-margery-kempe-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}