Complete Julian of Norwich

Name: Complete Julian of Norwich
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ISBN: 9781557256393

ISBN-10: 155725639X

ISBN-13: 9781557256393

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Authors: John Julian

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The most engaging and complete collection available of this 14th century English mystic The Revelations of Julian of Norwich is the first book written in English by a woman in this case, by a 14th century recluse who recounts the poignant, subtle, and radical insights granted to her in sixteen visions of the crucified Christ as she lay on what was believed to be her deathbed. Julianrsquo;s miraculous recovery from that illness then led to twenty more years of reflection and contemplation on those revelations and finally to her writing a detailed account of her mystical experience. Her work in the same Middle English as her contemporary Geoffrey Chaucer is dense, deeply intuitive, and…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Publisher: Paraclete Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 450
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English



Illustration: The Medieval Parishes of the City of Norwich



Introduction and Major Themes



Optimism



Transcendence of History



No Wrath in God



Sin Has No Substance



God Will Work His Will



Mysticism Without Histrionics



Blindness



Prayer



Julian's Aims, Compared to Those of Her Contemporaries



Texts and Abbreviations



Surviving Manuscripts



Abbreviations Used in This Book



All About Julian



Julian's Identity



Julian's Education



Testimonial Evidence of Julian's Existence



Julian and Margery Kempe



Date and Time of Julian's Visions



Julian's Cell and Domestic Habits



Julian's Church



Julian's Papacy



Julian's Bible



The Revelations, with Annotations



Through



Appendices



Julian's Crucifix



The Floods in Norwich



The Pestilence ("The Black Death")



The Holy Year and The Vernicle



Saint John of Beverley



God in a Point



Pilate and Dionysius the Areopagite



The Wounds of Christ



Pellets, Eaves, and Herring



Predestination and Salvation in Julian



God as Mother



Behovabil



The Stabat Mater



The Holy Trinity


Notes


Sources and Recommended Reading



Julian Texts and Translations



Background on Julian of Norwich



Julian of Norwich



Julian's Cell and Monastic Habits



Julian and Margery Kempe



History of Julian's Religious Era



The Religious Milieu of the Fourteenth Century



Julian's Bible



The Papacy in Julian's Time



Julian's Church Building



The Norwich Floods



The Pestilence ("The Black Death")



About Pilate



About Denis of France



Devotional Reading Based on Julian



Novels and Plays about Julian



Dictionaries and Linguistic References