tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20689202.post2077821914011325114..comments2023-09-20T15:18:48.091+01:00Comments on Gareth Calway - Bard On The Wire: The Book of Margery Kempe of Lynn Gareth Calwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09746500144933362628noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20689202.post-65352051851861883302020-03-01T07:06:04.057+00:002020-03-01T07:06:04.057+00:00I have just received your booklet and read it. Wha...I have just received your booklet and read it. What an extraordinary life. And what a good idea to produce this short introduction to her life and personality, it is an excellent text and gives a picture of the paradoxes and questions surrounding Margery Kempe. She was obviously a mystic, but was she also a bit mad? Certainly rather extreme, but her unusual blend of mysticism and worldly life is very unusual, specially in her times. I was fascinated, and found the reading comforting, as I too, straddle mystic longings with the demands of ordinary life. .... I had some knowledge of Margery, through you as well as some quotes in my book of daily readings, The Joy of the Saints, compiled by Father Robert Llewellyn. But my knowledge was rather bitty so your writing put it all in perspective.<br />Is there any record of her meeting with Julian of Norwich? It would be interesting to know what the anchorite said to her.<br />You obviously have studied Margery in depth, so anything you can tell me will be welcome!<br /><br />Thank you for writing so clearly about her.Aude Gottonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20689202.post-74008441781774752512020-02-29T20:17:02.748+00:002020-02-29T20:17:02.748+00:00Intriguing and obviously a lot of research require...Intriguing and obviously a lot of research required. Well done and I hope you get a lot of readers! Particularly alerted to the fact Sedgeford is so steeped in history and a record kept on vicar tenures from 1200s. Thomas P Leech (Flabbergasser)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20689202.post-57572878561997913172020-02-29T20:14:50.526+00:002020-02-29T20:14:50.526+00:00Excellent and thought provoking ! We certainly gre...Excellent and thought provoking ! We certainly grew them tough in Norfolk . Thinking of another, the anchoress lady Julian of Norwich.Avril Wrightnoreply@blogger.com