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  • Record Number: 9245
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Howes , Laura L.
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  • Title: On the Birth of Margey Kempe's Last Child [The author suggests that Margery Kempe was pregnant with her last child when she left England in 1413 on pilgrimage. Her schedule, involving a long wait in Venice for a ship to Jerusalem, would have allowed her to give birth before sailing east. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source URL: Modern Philology (Full Text via JSTOR) 90, 2 (November 1992): 220-225. Link Info target = '_blank'>Modern Philology (Full Text via JSTOR) 90, 2 (November 1992): 220-225. Link Info
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Kempe, Margery, Mystic Mystics Pilgrimage Pregnancy Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles;Italy
  • Century: 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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  • Year of Publication: 1992.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00268232
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