how did he work that out wrt Margery Kempe? Surely she's the definitive
hysteric? I always thought that the lesson to be learnt from MK was that
fate is not always kind to historians in what it preserves. I once visited
the National Portrait Gallery in London and it was infested with children on
educational visits filling in the little questionnaires, It struck me that
it was perfectly possible than in 400 years time the only surviving
reference to the NPG would be one of these forms and it would either be
blank or filled out incorrectly. MK is the fifteenth century equivalent.
Sadly her account contains more than one sheet of paper and it isn't blank.
regards
John A.W. Lock
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From: Steve Fanning <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: Reading list
> Thomas Merton explained why in his book Mystics and Zen Masters.
>
> Steve Fanning
>
> At 12:59 PM 12/4/99 +0000, you wrote:
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> >And why would anyone think that Margery Kempe was a mystic? Or, for
> >that matter, Richard Rolle?
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