Raphaela Rohrhofer: 1 book
Familial Discourses in «The Book of Margery Kempe»
«Blyssed be the wombe that the bar and the tetys that yaf the sowkyn»
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
The Book of Margery Kempe (ca. 1438) offers an illuminating account of late medieval female spirituality, affective devotion and subversion. This study approaches Margery Kempe’s roles in her earthly, heavenly and spiritual families from an interdisciplinary perspective. It details the tension between...
