The Autobiography Of Margery Kempe

Last, this autobiography of Margery Kempe tells a lot to the reader concerning her personality. One can notice that she was a very engaged and passionate person. Her family background denotes the environment in which she grew up and the figures she kept as role model. She was proud of father, which she did not miss to mention many times in her book. Comparatively to her father, she did say anything about her mother. This could be explained by the fact that women at that period of time were not put forward in the society. Men were the ones to play an active role in the society. The author Rubin declared that “ The basis of a family’s existence – the tenancy – was granted to the male (…)”. Throughout the book, Margery mainly emphasizes on her personal experience with …show more content…
Her devotion to Christ made her an important figure of the medieval world. She was able to overcome her spiritual crisis through the faith she had in God. As every human being, she faced different kinds of temptations such as sex, pride or food desires. She did not hesitate to call God for help in order not to succumb into temptations. Even in the case she did not firmly resist, she was always repenting for her sins. Margery’s conversion was a milestone that direct her toward her destiny. She realized that her goal in life was to give up everything to fully serve God. She strictly rejected natural things that she qualified as evil. Her different trips were in response to the mission that God assigned to her, which was to spread the gospel. Since Margery could not read, travelling to different places also helped her to share and to learn from discussing with others. Margery found important to leave an autobiography so that different generations could benefit from her personal experience. However, her instability throughout the book makes one wonder whether she was entirely used by God or whether she had some mental