Julian became well known throughout England as a spiritual authority.įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit. This is believed to be the first book written by a woman in the English language. These visions would twenty years later be the source of her major work, called Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love (circa 1393). (They ended by the time she overcame her illness on May 13, 1373). Even her name is uncertain, the name “Julian” coming from the Church of St Julian in Norwich, where she occupied a cell adjoining the church as an anchoress.Īt the age of thirty, suffering from a severe illness and believing she was on her deathbed, Julian had a series of intense visions. Little is known of her life aside from her writings. 1416) is considered to be one of the greatest English mystics. Other articles where Revelations of Divine Love is discussed: Christianity: Western Catholic Christianity: recluse Julian of Norwich, whose Revelations of Divine Love is unsurpassed in English mystical literature. Librivox recording of Revelations of Divine Love, by Julian of Norwich, translated by Grace Warrack. After experiencing her visions, she became an anchoress, which means she lived for the rest of her life in a very small cell attached to a Church.
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