The first fully-realized biography of Julian--theologian,
anchorite, and visionary of the Middle Ages.
A groundbreaking and sometimes controversial biography that
offers full tribute to the mystic Julian of Norwich. In May 1373, a
thirty year-old woman living in East Anglia suffered an illness.
She received visions--what she later called "sixteen
showings"--revealing to her secrets of the love of God. When she
fully recovered, Julian recorded and richly explored those
revelations, creating what became the first English-language book
written by a woman.
Drawing on Julian's own writings, Frykholm's biography paints a
vivid picture of the 14th century and this remarkable woman's place
in it. Through plague, church corruption, economic devastation, and
great personal loss, she presciently addressed her culture's
greatest fears and anxieties. Ultimately, Julian's life is shrouded
in mystery, and yet she has become a significant figure in
contemporary spirituality today.
"Frykholm...has audaciously done something many people would have
said was not possible: written Julian's] biography. Frykholm has
combined a careful reading of Julian's writings (at times
scrupulous, at times midrashic, but at all times attentive) with a
deep immersion in the scholarship of 14th-century England to offer
an informed and absorbing...account of Julian's life."
-Lauren F. Winner, "Books & Culture"
" Frykhom's] narrative, which she calls 'an act of empathetic
imagination, ' crackles with life."
-"The Denver Post"
"A sympathetic and realistic portrayal of a saint who, as it turns
out, is both holy (that is, set apart) and as complicated as you
and me....It reads with the energy of a novel and the insight of a
spiritual classic."
-Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, "Christianity Today"
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