Margery Kempe was born into a middle class family of Lynn,.
writing the first autobiography in English.
reflection of what was going on in the world of popular.
religion in her lifetime like asceticism and mysticism. .
Margery's autobiography also gives us a glimpse into the.
most precious aspect of her life: her relationship with God.
and Jesus Christ. Her religiosity took precedence in her.
life so much so that it was the focus of her autobiography. .
Others misunderstood her obsession and thought of her as a.
lunatic. However, Margery planned her life around religion.
and did not consider others in her plans.
Margery thought of herself as a daughter of Christ. .
After the birth of her first child, Margery became very ill.
and started to have hallucinations. She feared she was in.
the grip of the devil. She even started to use her nails to.
inflict pain on herself. In the midst of her struggle, a.
vision of Jesus came to her, a man dressed in purple silk,.
the color of royalty. He said "Daughter, why has thou.
forsake Me, and I forsook thee never?" Margery did not.
answer. In the "Treatise of Contemplation" Margery is.
referred to as daughter by Jesus Christ. He praises her.
devotion and is glorified when she weeps in contemplation. .
Christ also supports Margery and comforts her like any.
loving father would do for his daughter. Margery writes.
Christ as saying loving, comforting things like "Daughter, I.
have suffered many pains for thy love; therefore thou has.
great cause to love Me right well, for I have bought thy.
love full dear." Margery also had a holy fear of the Lord,.
like a child would fear his parents when he disobeyed them. .
She also wanted to please her heavenly father, "For Thy love.
putteth away all manner of dread of our ghostly enemy; for I.
had lever be there, as long as Thou wouldest, and please.
Thee, than to be n this world and displease Thee". Another.
aspect of the daughter/father relationship was that Margery.
