In the fourth and final episode in their miniseries, Irina Dumitrescu and Mary Wellesley look at the life and work of pilgrim, entrepreneur and visionary mystic Margery Kempe, who dictated what is thought to be the first autobiography in English.

Irina and Mary have a new twelve-part series, Medieval Beginnings, starting in January 2023. Find out more here: lrb.me/medieval

Music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Anthony Wilks

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