Table of Contents
Illustration: The Medieval Parishes of the City of Norwich
Part 1 Introduction and Major Themes
1 Optimism 5
2 Transcendence of History 6
3 No Wrath in God 8
4 Sin Has No Substance 8
5 God Will Work His Will 10
6 Mysticism Without Histrionics 10
7 Blindness 11
8 Prayer 12
9 Julian's Aims, Compared to Those of Her Contemporaries 13
10 Texts and Abbreviations 17
11 Surviving Manuscripts 17
12 Abbreviations Used in This Book 18
Part 2 All About Julian
1 Julian's Identity 21
2 Julian's Education 27
3 Testimonial Evidence of Julian's Existence 30
4 Julian and Margery Kempe 32
5 Date and Time of Julian's Visions 35
6 Julian's Cell and Domestic Habits 38
7 Julian's Church 45
8 Julian's Papacy 49
9 Julian's Bible 52
Part 3 The Revelations, with Annotations
Chapter 1 Through 86
Part 4 Appendices
1 Julian's Crucifix 379
2 The Floods in Norwich 381
3 The Pestilence ("The Black Death") 384
4 The Holy Year and The Vernicle 386
5 Saint John of Beverley 388
6 God in a Point 392
7 Pilate and Dionysius the Areopagite 394
8 The Wounds of Christ 398
9 Pellets, Eaves, and Herring 402
10 Predestination and Salvation in Julian 403
11 God as Mother 406
12 Behovabil 408
13 The Stabat Mater 409
14 The Holy Trinity 411
Notes 413
Sources and Recommended Reading
1 Julian Texts and Translations 435
2 Background on Julian of Norwich 436
3 Julian of Norwich 439
4 Julian's Cell and Monastic Habits 442
5 Julian and Margery Kempe 442
6 History of Julian's Religious Era 443
7 The Religious Milieu of the Fourteenth Century 444
8 Julian's Bible 444
9 The Papacy in Julian's Time 445
10 Julian's Church Building 446
11The Norwich Floods 447
12 The Pestilence ("The Black Death") 447
13 About Pilate 447
14 About Denis of France 448
15 Devotional Reading Based on Julian 448
16 Novels and Plays about Julian 450
17 Dictionaries and Linguistic References 453
