This study will significantly further our interpretations of the unique autobiography of Margery Kempe, lay woman turned mystic and visionary. Following the manuscript from a Carthusian monastery through history, Chappell bridges the gaps in our understanding of the transmission of texts from the medieval past to the present.

Julie A. Chappell is Professor of English at Tarleton State University, USA.

Prologue 1. The Carthusian Connection 2. Carthusian Preaching Materials 3. Death, Dissolution, and Dispersal 4. Digbys, Erdeswicks, Bowdons, and Butler-Bowdons 5. Recovery, Revelation, and Revival Epilogue Bibliography Index