Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 12470
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Dickman , Susan.
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  • Title: A Showing of God's Grace: "The Book of Margery Kempe" [The author compares Margery's spirituality with that of continental visionaries and argues that Margery used elements such as tears and pilgrimage from the lives of these holy women in order to carve out a social role for herself].
  • Source: Mysticism and Spirituality in Medieval England.  Edited by William F. Pollard and Robert Boenig.  D.S. Brewer, 1997.  Pages 159 - 176.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Hagiography Kempe, Margery, Mystic- Book of Margery Kempe Mystics Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
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  • Year of Publication: 1997.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0859915166