Margery Kempe Timeline

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c. 1373 CE - c. 1438 CE

Life of Christian mystic Margery Kempe.
c. 1393 CE

Marriage of Margery Brunham to John Kempe.
c. 1393 CE

Margery Kempe experiences mental breakdown after the birth of her first child.
c. 1394 CE

Margery Kempe recovers and devotes herself to God following a vision of Jesus Christ.
1413 CE

Margery Kempe travels to Canterbury; almost burned as a heretic for speaking about God.
c. 1413 CE

Margery Kempe visits Julian of Norwich for validation of her visions.
1414 CE

Margery Kempe is in Rome; visits Saint Bridget's room.
1417 CE

Margery Kempe on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
1417 CE

Margery Kempe tried for heresy at Leicester and released.
c. 1431 CE

Margery Kempe returns home to care for husband who dies the same year.
c. 1431 CE

Margery Kempe dictates the first draft of her book to her son John who dies shortly afterwards.
c. 1436 CE

Margery Kempe dictates her story to a priest who writes it down, correcting earlier version.
1438 CE

Final revision of The Book of Margery Kempe; Kempe assumed to have died this same year.