![]() However, when the manuscript was rediscovered in 1934, the response from the religious critics was vastly different (Lawton). ![]() The annotations inside of the manuscript suggest recognition of Margery’s spiritual transcendence. The only surviving manuscript of The Book of Margery Kempe belonged to Carthusians at Mount Grace Priory in Yorkshire in the 15th century. First published in 1501, this story details Kempe’s personal experience with spiritual warfare, celibacy, traveling across Europe and the Middle East, and attempting to live in as saintly a way as possible. ![]() Margery Kempe wrote what she believed to be the first woman’s autobiography of her time entitled, The Book of Margery Kempe. 39 Margery Kempe: Excerpts from The Book of Margery Kempe ![]()
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