Julian of Norwich by Janina Ramirez
Over six hundred years ago a woman known as Julian of Norwich wrote what is now regarded as one of the greatest works of literature in English. Based on a sequence of mystical visions she received in 1373, her book is called Revelations of Divine Love. Julian lived through an age of political and religious turmoil, as well as through the misery of the Black Death, and her writing engages with timeless questions about life, love and the meaning of suffering. But who was Julian of Norwich? And what can she teach us today? Medievalist and TV historian Janina Ramirez invites you to join her in exploring Julian’s remarkable life and times, offering insights into how and why her writing has survived, and what we can learn from this fourteenth-century mystic whose work lay hidden in the shadows of her male contemporaries for far too long.
In this lively and appealing introduction, we are enabled to meet a figure who is not a stereotypical 'mystic' from an alien cultural world, but a vigorous, warm and deeply imaginative writer, quietly but firmly turning inside out a number of conventional understandings of the nature and work of GodNina Ramirez presents a Julian who is very much of her own age, yet for that very reason speaks to us as a three-dimensional personality. * Rowan Williams *
A delight because it gives such a great understanding to the life and times of this inspired woman. * Towards Wholeness, Spring 2017 issue *
A delight because it gives such a great understanding to the life and times of this inspired woman. * Towards Wholeness, Spring 2017 issue *
Janina Ramirez is the course director on the Undergraduate Certificate and Diploma in History of Art at Oxford University. She has written and presented numerous BBC history documentaries, and is the author of The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, passion and politics in Anglo-Saxon England (W. H. Allen, 2015). Her most recent TV documentaries include ‘Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years’ War’ (2013), ‘Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age’ (2014), ‘Saints and Sinners: Britain’s Millennium of Monasteries’ (2015), ‘The Art of the Vikings: Secret Knowledge’ (March 2016) and ‘The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich’ (July 2016).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780281077373 |
| ISBN 10 | 0281077371 |
| Title | Julian of Norwich |
| Author | Janina Ramirez |
| Series | Very Brief Histories |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | SPCK Publishing |
| Year published | 2016-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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