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1373 CE - 1438 CE: Life of Christian mystic Margery Kempe.
1393 CE: Marriage of Margery Brunham to John Kempe.
1393 CE: Margery Kempe experiences mental breakdown after the birth of her first child.
1394 CE: Margery Kempe recovers and devotes herself to God following a vision of Jesus Christ.
1413 CE: Margery Kempe travels to Canterbury; almost burned as a heretic for speaking about God.
1413 CE: Margery Kempe visits Julian of Norwich for validation of her visions.
1414 CE: Margery Kempe is in Rome; visits Saint Bridget's room.
1417 CE: Margery Kempe on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
1417 CE: Margery Kempe tried for heresy at Leicester and released.
1431 CE: Margery Kempe returns home to care for husband who dies the same year.
1431 CE: Margery Kempe dictates the first draft of her book to her son John who dies shortly afterwards.
1436 CE: Margery Kempe dictates her story to a priest who writes it down, correcting earlier version.
1438 CE: Final revision of The Book of Margery Kempe; Kempe assumed to have died this same year.