In his introduction Barry Windeatt considers Julian's astonishingly positive vision of humanity and its potential for spiritual transformation. It includes both the short and long texts, written twenty years apart, through which Julian developed her ideas. This new translation conveys the poise and serenity of Julian's prose style to the modern reader. She wrote of God as our mother, and embraced strikingly independent theological opinions. She conceived of a loving and compassionate God, merciful and forgiving, and believed in our ability toreach self-knowledge through sin. Julian lived as an anchoress in Norwich, and after recovering from a serious illness she described the visions that had come to her during her suffering. She is esteemed as one of the subtlest writers and profoundest thinkers of the period for her account of the revelations that she experienced in 1373.
'All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well'Julian of Norwich is one of the most celebrated figures of the English Middle Ages.
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