{"id":9737,"date":"2022-01-31T14:27:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T13:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=199156"},"modified":"2022-01-31T14:41:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T13:41:08","slug":"margery-kempe-medieval-mystic","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/margery-kempe-medieval-mystic\/","title":{"rendered":"Margery Kempe: medieval mystic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Emily Briffett\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 31 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Anthony Bale discusses the sensational life of medieval mystic Margery Kempe, charting a story of unusual visions, spiritual revelations, turbulent emotions and religious controversies. Speaking with Emily Briffett, he explores how her autobiography, <em>The Book of Margery Kempe<\/em>, has enriched our understanding of the early 15th century.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-199156-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;http:\/\/bristolcdn.s3.amazonaws.com\/bbchistory\/audio\/HistoryExtra_2022_01_31.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/bristolcdn.s3.amazonaws.com\/bbchistory\/audio\/HistoryExtra_2022_01_31.mp3&quot;\">http:\/\/bristolcdn.s3.amazonaws.com\/bbchistory\/audio\/HistoryExtra_2022_01_31.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Anthony Bale is the author of <em>Margery Kempe: A Mixed Life<\/em> (Reaktion Books, 2021)<br\/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/margery-kempe-a-mixed-life\/9781789144703&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Margery-Kempe-Mixed-Medieval-Lives\/dp\/1789144701?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/margery-kempe\/anthony-bale\/9781789144703&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/how-to-download-the-history-extra-podcast\/&quot;\">How to download the <em>HistoryExtra<\/em> podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__iefix&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__visible&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__inner&quot;\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.acast.com\/historyextra\/elitism-in-cricket-a-history\/media.mp3&quot;\">Download as MP3<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emily Briffett Published: Monday, 31 January 2022 at 12:00 am Anthony Bale discusses the sensational life of medieval mystic Margery Kempe, charting a story of unusual visions, spiritual revelations, turbulent emotions and religious controversies. 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