‘all shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well,’ Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love Having survived 600 years, her book, Revelations of Divine Love, is the earliest surviving of its kind – a book written in English, by a woman. Julian’s life was remarkable in its simplicity, devotion and spirituality, and because of her writing. One such devotee was Saint Julian of Norwich, an anchorite and mystic who lived in a cell at the parish church of St Julian at Conisford in Norwich. Moreover, the cloistered life was not the only path for a woman who wanted to devote her life to God. It was an alternative to marriage, and childbearing, for women and girls from diverse backgrounds. The medieval religious life provided a refuge for widows and elderly women in search of calm and peace at the end of their lives. Statue of Julian of Norwich, Norwich Cathedral by sculptor David Holgate.
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