Encounters with Medieval Women: Julian of Norwich

In the second episode in their series, Irina Dumitrescu and Mary Wellesley look at the work of mystic and anchoress Julian of Norwich, who wrote the first book in English that we can be sure was authored by a woman.

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Further reading in the LRB:

Mary Wellesley: This place is pryson

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