🎧 Margery Kempe: Medieval Mysticism or Psychosis?
🎧 Gone Medieval • 28m
Margery Kempe: mystic, autobiographer…schizophrenic?
In honour of Mental Health Awareness week, Dr Cat Jarman is joined by Dr Alison Torn from Leeds Trinity University to explore the complicated legacy of a woman who is credited as both the first English autobiographer, and case of schizophrenia.
However, how appropriate is it to view Kempe’s life through a 21st century understanding of mental health? Can we remove the cultural frameworks of 15th century England and confidently diagnose a psychosis?
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