A Book of Showings (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Julian of Norwich
- First Published: 1373
- Type of Work: Essays
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Essays, Religion and spirituality
- Subjects: Suffering, Sin or Original sin, Religion, God, Spiritual life or spirituality, Mysticism, Jesus Christ, Visions, epiphanies, or revelations, Trinity
Form and Content
Written by Dame Julian of Norwich, a fourteenth century anchoress or religious recluse, A Book of Showings (also known as Revelations of Divine Love) is the record of sixteen visions that came to Julian during a nearly fatal illness in May, 1373. While no original fourteenth century manuscripts survive, four later, complete copies still exist. One is shorter than the rest and may be based on Julian’s original record of her experience. The other three, from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, preserve a longer version that reflects...
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