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A Visit with Margery Kempe: A Medieval Journey
An essay examining her life and Book. By the Rev. Grant S. Carey.
http://www.trinitycathedral.org/ccckempe.html
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Background to "A Medieval Woman on Pilgrimmage" by Margery Kempe
Notes from an introductory course on the history of civilization, taught at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his101/web/27kempe.htm
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Biography.com: Kempe, Margery
Very brief profile.
http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=9275
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Columbia Encyclopedia: Kempe, Margery
Brief biographical entry.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ke/Kempe-Ma.html
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Mapping Margery Kempe
Resources for studying Kempe in her cultural and social context, particularly the material culture of the 15th-century East Anglian parish. Includes the text of her Book, links to contemporary religious figures, medieval iconography.
http://www.holycross.edu/departments/visarts/projects/kempe/
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Margery Kempe, Mystic
Brief profile, courtesy of the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England.
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/66.html
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Margery Kempe: 15th-century seeker
Reflection on Kempe's search for God, by Mary Ann Jeffreys.
http://www.crosswalk.com/CC/article/0,,PTID73970|CHID194164|CIID508846,00.html
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Margery Kempe: A Medieval Eccentric
Biographical article by Isabelle de Foix. Includes bibliography.
http://scholar76.tripod.com/margery2.htm
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Mystic and Pilgrim: The "Book" and the World of Margery Kempe
Clarissa W. Atkinson's book reviewed by JoAnn Wolski Conn, in "Theology Today," April 1984.
http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/apr1984/v41-1-bookreview9.htm
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Mysticism, Meditation, and Identification in "The Book of Margery Kempe"
By Carolyn Coulson. Published in "Essays in Medieval Studies," vol. 12.
http://www.luc.edu/publications/medieval/vol12/12ch5.html
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Notes on Reading the Life of Margery Kempe of Lynn
Lecture notes, from an introductory university course on medieval history, taught by Lynn Harry Nelson.
http://www.ukans.edu/kansas/medieval/108/lectures/margery.html
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Other Women's Voices: Margery Kempe
Brief biography, excerpts from her Book, annotated bibliography, and directory of selected online resources.
http://home.infionline.net/~ddisse/kempe.html
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The Book of Margery Kempe
Class notes from a course on medieval British literature, taught by Gloria J. Betcher at Iowa State University.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gbetcher/373/Margery.htm
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The Book of Margery Kempe and the Pre-Tridentine Documentation of Sanctity
Paper presented by Thomas L. Long at the 1999 International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kempe, according to her Book, spent a great deal of energy trying to gain ecclesiastical approval of her spirituality. The Book itself is an extension of this
http://www.tncc.cc.va.us/faculty/longt/papers/Margery_Kempe_Documentation_Sanctity.html
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Traveling to Jerusalem: Margery Kempe
Brief biography, itinerary, maps of the route of her pilgrimage to Jerusalem, student seminar papers, annotated bibliography. Also includes the Butler-Bowden translation of pertinent chapters from her Book.
http://chass.colostate-pueblo.edu/history/seminar/kempe.htm
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Website of Unknowing: Margery Kempe
Brief, sympathetic essay on the most colorful and outrageous of the great British mystics.
http://www.carlmccolman.com/wsu-kempe.htm
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Women's History Resource Site: Margery Kempe
Brief biography, and annotated bibliography.
http://www.kings.edu/womens_history/margerykempe.html
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