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This May marks 650 years since Julian of Norwich (c.1342-c.1416 CE) experienced a series of sixteen religious visions or “shewings.” 🧵 (1/5)

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These visions inspired Julian to become an anchorite (a person who enters an enclosed solitary life in a fixed location to achieve spiritual perfection) and she resided in a cell at St Julian’s church in Norwich. (2/5)
The book that Julian wrote about these visions, “Revelations of Divine Love”, is the earliest surviving example of a book in the English language known to be written by a woman. (3/5)
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