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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 19 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Margery Kempe. |
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The Book of Margery Kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother and mystic from Norfolk. Having married in c. 1393, given birth to 14 children, and pursued unsuccessful ventures in brewing and milling, Kempe made a vow of chastity and embarked on a life of prayer, penance and pilgrimage. Known as the earliest autobiography in the English language, it contains intimate portraits of people and places, and a remarkable eye for detail, as it traces the transformation of a 'sinful wretch' to a holy pilgrim. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373-
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Kempe, Margery, approximately 1373- Book of Margery Kempe.
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Authors, English -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Biography.
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Early works to 1800.
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Women and literature -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Christian women -- Religious life -- England.
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Mysticism -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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| Added Author |
Staley, Lynn, 1947-
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781781983454 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1781983453 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14831447 |
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