Journal article
The importance of St Margaret's church in 'The Book of Margery Kempe';: a sacred place and an exemplary parishioner
- Abstract:
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This article argues that Margery Kempe is presented as an exemplary parishioner and a supporter of her parish church in The Book of Margery Kempe. It begins by demonstrating that St Margaret’s church and King’s Lynn are placed at the centre of the Book’s mapping of Christian holy places and then analyses the two miracles that take place at St Margaret’s (the stone and beam in chapter 9 and the fire in chapter 67) as evidence of the church’s sanctity and its importance in Margery Kempe’s spiri...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Brepols Publishers Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nottingham Medieval Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 61
- Pages:
- 197-243
- Publication date:
- 2018-03-30
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-02-16
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2507-0444
- ISSN:
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0078-2122
- Source identifiers:
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681649
- ISBN:
- 9782503572093
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:681649
- UUID:
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uuid:c515c579-8ad6-420e-b97a-a1fcb5f1367d
- Local pid:
- pubs:681649
- Deposit date:
- 2017-02-24
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- Copyright holder:
- Brepols Publishers
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2017, Brepols Publishers n.v., Turnhout, Belgium.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Brepols Publishers at https://doi.org/10.1484/J.NMS.5.113869
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