Margery Kempe: Medieval Mystic and ‘Heretic’ Heroine
Margery Kempe was, for the first 40 years of her life, an ordinary woman. Born into a middle-class family in 14th century East Anglia in England, she is remembered today for her remarkable later life as a holy woman and medieval mystic. Even though her career choice makes her interesting, as female mystics were uncommon at the time, the most remarkable thing about Margery’s life is the record she made of it in
The Book of Margery Kempe . This book about her life is the earliest surviving autobiography in Middle English that we have.
Medieval King s Lynn feminist Margery Kempe gets a Portuguese tribute
| Updated: 14:31, 02 February 2021
Margery Kempe, who was born in King s Lynn (known back then as Bishop s Lynn) circa 1373, has a new statue that has been unveiled in the Portuguese province of Góis.
The sculpture was donated by the Portuguese municipality of Góis and is located in the roundabout of A Foca.
The Mayor visits Margery Kempe / image credit: COMPOSTELAS24HORAS.COM (44232778)
The inauguration was attended by the president of the Municipal Chamber of Góis, MarÃa Lurdes Oliveira; the mayor of Oroso, Manuel Mirás; Councilor Isabel Fernández, and Councilor Luis Rey.