Margery Kempe

Join us this week to discuss the famous mystic, Margery Kempe, whose weeping and screaming bouts through Europe made her one of the most polarising women in King's Lynn.

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Lara, Phoebe and Katie

Sources used:
Encyclopaedia Britannica (2024). Margery Kempe. [online] Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margery-Kempe.

Johnston, L. The Mysticism and Madness of Margery Kempe. Historic UK [online]. Available at: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Mysticism-And-Madness-Of-Margery-Kempe/.

King's Lynn Minster (2023). Margery Kempe | King's Lynn Minster. [online]. Available at: https://kingslynnminster.org/margery-kempe/.

Westwell, C. (2014). The Life of a Mystic. [online] blogs.bl.uk. Available at: https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/03/the-life-of-a-mystic.html.