Ebook: A Companion to Julian of Norwich

Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: 'God forbede ... that I am a techere': Who, or what, was Julian?; Part I: Julian In Context; 1. Femininities and the Gentry in Late Medieval East Anglia: Ways of Being; 2. 'A recluse atte Norwyche': Images of Medieval Norwich and Julian's Revelations; 3. 'No such sitting': Julian Tropes the Trinity; 4. Julian of Norwich and the Varieties of Middle English Mystical Discourse; 5. Saint Julian of the Apocalypse; 6. Anchoritic Aspects of Julian of Norwich.;Julian of Norwich, the fourteenth/early fifteenth-century anchoress and mystic, is one of the most important and best-known figures of the Middle Ages. Her Revelations, intense visions of the divine, have been widely studied and read; the first known writings of an English woman, their influence extends over theology and literature. However, many aspects of both her life and thought remain enigmatic. This exciting new collection offers a comprehensive, accessible coverage of the key aspects of debate surrounding Julian. It places the author within a wide range of contemporary literary, social