The Book of Margery Kempe is probably the oldest extant autobiography in English. In it, she talks of what she describes as her madness, visions, and religious experiences, along with her travels, which included pilgrimages all over Britain and the rest of Europe.
Both the autobiographical character of her book and the treatment of psychology have been considered very original. A heavily edited copy of her book, from which all suggestion of heterodox thought on her part was removed, appeared at the end of the Middle Ages, and was considered quite remarkable. In 1934, and original copy, without the editing, was found, and it is even more unusual.
Margery Kempe was born in 1373.
No, Margery Kempe was not insane. Margery Kempe had a medical condition that was brought on by her depression after she had her first child and tried to commit suicide.
Margery Kempe
Margery Kempe
Margery Kempe has written: 'The book of Margery Kempe, 1436' -- subject(s): Biography, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Christian women, Early works to 1800, English Authors, History, Mysticism, Religious life, Women and literature 'Here begynneth a shorte treatyse of contemplacyon taught by our lorde Jhesu cryste, or taken out of the boke of Margerie kempe of lyn[n]' -- subject(s): Contemplation, Early works to 1800 'The Book of Margery Kempe vol I Text' 'Here begynneth a shorte treatyse of contemplacyon taught by our Lorde Jhesu Cryste' -- subject(s): Contemplation, Early works to 1800 'Book of Margery Kempe' -- subject(s): Biography, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Christian women, Early works to 1800, English Authors, English Women authors, History, Mysticism, Religious life, Women and literature, Women mystics
That would be Margery Kempe who was known as a Christian mystic .
Kempe Gowda I died in 1570.
Carl Kempe was born in 1884.
Kempe Gowda I was born in 1510.
Cuthbert Kempe was born in 1856.
Cuthbert Kempe died in 1953.
Wilfrid Kempe was born in 1887.