Margery Kempe was a well-to-do and overly pious Englishwoman of the early 15th century who probably would not be remembered today except she dictated her memoirs. She had believed herself to be very holy, beloved of God and on the fast track to sainthood. Seemly unaware of how much she must have annoyed all those around her, she describes her visions, pious weeping, unending poverty as she gave away her (and other people's) money again and again, and moralistic lessons with which she lectured her companions. Extraordinarily she made pilgrimages to Rome and the Holy Land. This book is a biography of Margery with exerpts from her book (in Middle English) and commentary.