Julian (of Norwich)

Julian of Norwich

Coming from a society where women were barred from serious writing and teaching, Julian, an anchoress in the great medieval city of Norwich, nevertheless used the English vernacular of the day to describe an extraordinary series of "showings" that she received from God. Through her experiences, she identifies the female nature of Christ's suffering, the motherhood of God, and, using images from domestic daily life, emphasizes the homeliness of God's love. This new translation from the Middle English, which includes both the long and the short versions of her Revelations, preserves all the directness of expression and the rich complexity of her thoughts, offering a work that stands alongside The Cloud of Unknowing and Langland's Piers Plowman. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Revelations of Divine Love

The Showings of Julian of Norwich

All Shall be Well

Shewed to Mother Juliana of Norwich 1373

XVI Revelations of Divine Love

A Book of Showings to the Anchoress Julian of Norwich

"This edition of Julian of Norwich, 'Showing of Love', studies the Brigittine-Syon Abbey-related manuscripts: British Library, Amherst; Westminster Cathedral; Paris Bibliothèque Nationale texts; and the careful copies made by English Benedictine nuns at Cambrai in the Sloane manuscripts now in the British Library, and the Margaret Gascoigne/Bridget More and Barbara Constable, O.S.B., fragments" -- Front flap of book jacket.

Extant Texts and Translation

Showing of Love

In Showing of Love, Julia Bolton Holloway provides a complete translation of Julian of Norwich?s ground-breaking text, opening windows of insight into her medieval world. As a female mystic and theologian who was uniquely recognized (in a time when most women were not) for her holiness, Julian of Norwich also came to be known as a catechist, prophet, and spiritual director. Showing of Love records her own healing encounter with divine love and has for many centuries been a source of healing and inspiration for others. Readers of Julian?s work find her belief that God sits in our soul as a fair city to be of profound value. That city is every city, Mary its queen, Christ its king. Julian offers these layers in rich text and variant readings. Julian dedicated years of her life to shaping Showing of Love, at the end rewriting it to preserve it from censorship. The anchoress lived in St. Julian?s churchyard in Norwich. Her text was saved from destruction by nuns in Brigittine and Benedictine convents, first in England, then in exile after the Reformation. Julian?s writings were later published by the Benedictines in 1670. They reveal her strong links with Benedict that continue to have lasting value for readers today. Includes two-color ink on inside pages.?I found the translation excellent. The introduction is both authoritative and provocative. If you have never read Julian before, or if you want to return to her remarkable book after some time, Showing of Love is a good choice from the translations that are available.? The Priest

Serenus Cressy

Shewed to a Devout Servant of Our Lord Called Mother Juliana, an Anchorete of Norwich, who Lived in the Dayes of King Edward the Third

The long text of the Showings (translated by Father John-Julian) is accompanied by commentary written by Frederick S. Roden, a lay affiliate member of the Order of Julian of Norwich. This companion is reflective yet learned and is designed to draw the reader more fully into an understanding and experience of what Julian tells us she saw and heard. In the text and commentary we begin to comprehend the truth summarized at the end of the Showings: Love was His meaning.

A Companion to Julian of Norwich : Long Text with a Commentary

Love's Trinity

Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love

P. Franklin Chambers

Frances Beer

The Shorter Version Ed. from B. L. Add. MS 37790

Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love

Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1416) is the earliest author writing in English who can be identified as a woman. This edition presents in the original language both the shorter and longer versions of her book about her revelations of May 1373, setting them in parallel for ease of comparison. A substantial introduction provides up-to-date information about Julian's life and context, and the background to her famously optimistic revelations, including her understandingthat Christ is our mother. This is the most comprehensive and definitive edition of this landmark text in the history of women's writing in English.

Alan Oldfield

Paintings by Alan Oldfield

Revelations of Divine Love of Julian of Norwich

A Book of Showings to the Anchoress Julian of Norwich: The long text, appendix, bibliography, glossary, index

The spiritual classic celebrates the heart of western mysticism and its poetry while revealing a message about God's intimate and enabling love

Revelation of Love

M. L. Del Mastro

Dame Julian's revelation is the record of her dialogue with God as it extended over a period of twenty years. Del Mastro's translation, originally published over 15 years ago, has been one of the most widely read & critically acclaimed. In The Revelation of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings, we learn about the spiritual life of a woman who sought, from evidence of God's passion, to embrace suffering more fully & share her response with Christians for all time. Del Mastro's revised Introduction casts Julian in a broader light as an appealing feminine example for a new generation of readers - a guide to encountering divine love in our own life. As Thomas Merton once wrote, "I think Julian of Norwich is, with Newman, the greatest English theologian."

The Revelation of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings Made to Dame Julian of Norwich

Michael McLean

Robert Llewelyn

This new edition of the classic book, now in the ENFOLDED IN LOVE SERIES, contains extracts from the work of Julian of Norwich with a concise introduction to Dame Julian and is illustrated with black and white line drawings.

Daily Readings with Julian of Norwich

Enfolded in Love

Serenus Cressy (Dom)

George Tyrrell

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