Browsing by Subject "Julian of Norwich"
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Love, Labor, Liturgy: Languages of Service in Late Medieval England
(2009)This dissertation explores the complex vocabularies of service and servitude in the Age of Chaucer. Working with three major Middle English texts--William Langland's Piers Plowman (chaps. 1 and 3), Julian of Norwich's Revelation ... -
Matter of Meekness: Reading Humility in Late Medieval England
(2019)“Matter of Meekness: Reading Humility in Late Medieval England” argues for the surprising importance of an oft-ignored virtue in English literature of the late fourteenth century: humility or meekness (the two are synonymic ... -
Never God-bereft: allegory and agency in late medieval literature
(2023)For Augustine, Scripture resounds like a Bach cantata. At every moment, its allegories reverberate with many voices. In the Psalmist David’s voice we hear Christ’s, in whose voice we hear the Church’s, in whose voice we ... -
The Censored Pulpit: Julian of Norwich as Preacher
(2014)This dissertation consists of a homiletical reading of Julian of Norwich's life and work. While Julian is often classified as a mystic or theologian, she may be better categorized as a preacher in light of contemporary ...
