"The Book of Margery Kempe" by Margery Kempe

While much attention has been brought upon Margery Kempe's behavior in her book The Book of Margery Kempe, an exploration of her movements is also essential in thoroughly understanding her book. One cannot fully understand the importance of her story and the meaning of her other behaviors without understanding her travels. She uses her travels as one medium to impose the importance of self on the social. Margery Kempe uses her travel as a medium of expression, while exploiting it as a mode of social construction. Her travels disrupt the way categories of personhood are created, which ulti…