Journeys in sound with Margery Kempe – first autobiography writer, pilgrim and visionary
St Michael’s Church Highgate South Grove, Highgate, LondonMargery Kempe, born in 1373, was from King’s Lynn (then known as Bishop’s Lynn) in Norfolk. Daughter of an important merchant, five-time mayor of Lynn and Alderman of the prestigious Guild of the Holy Trinity, John Brunham, her book is the first autobiography in English, probably written by a scribe on her behalf (although it’s […]