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Bonus Video: The Medieval Woman Hated by Goodreads Users (Patreon)

Published:

2026-09-02 15:46:17

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2026-09-02 15:48:56

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2026-09

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This month I present to you this video about 15th Century English mystic Margery Kempe, and her very interesting modern haters.

Yes, it's another book video. I've enjoyed making book videos lately, and I've found incredible pleasure in exploring the lowest and most aggrieved public responses to controversial or weird women's writing.

This is, essentially, another one of those, but in this case the historical context and the vast gulf of distance between Medieval Britain, and us right now, makes this case especially delicious to me.

Please enjoy, and love Margery Kempe as I do.

See you next time,Lillyxoxo

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The Medieval Woman Hated by Goodreads Users

Margery Kempe was a fascinating medieval woman, a controversial mystic, and perhaps a bit mentally unwell. Some, to this day, cannot quite handle her. If you're wondering about the thumbnail image - it's St. Catherine of Siena (an Italian mystic roughly contemporaneous with Kempe), painted by Plautilla Nelli. **Further reading/listening:** * https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/08/archive-find-shows-medieval-mystic-margery-kempes-autobiography-doesnt-lie * https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cyfkg ♡ヽ(｡• ε •｡) * patreon ★ https://www.patreon.com/mothcub * tumblr ★ https://mothcub.tumblr.com * twitch ★ https://twitch.tv/mothcub_ * insta ★ https://instagram.com/mothcub_ * bsky ★ https://bsky.app/profile/mothcub.bsky.social * merch ★ https://mothcub.neocities.org/merch 👕 ☆ ゜・。