adulterers
‘all shall be well’
see also hope; optimism
anchoresses
asceticism (bodily)
life of
rites of enclosure
Ancrene Wisse
Anselm of Canterbury
Aquinas, Thomas
asceticism (bodily)
Augustine of Hippo
Ball, John
Battle of North Walsham
Beguines
see also Marie of Oignies
‘behovely’
see also sin: as ‘behovely’
Bernard of Clairvaux
Black Death (1348–9)
blindness of humanity
block printing
blood of Christ
bodily visions
Book of Margery Kempe, The (Kempe)
bride of Christ, a
Bridget of Sweden, St
Cambrai nuns
Carrow Abbey
Christ
connecting with
as Mother
suffering
see also cross of Christ; crucifix
church leadership
churches, decoration
cloth industry
Cloud of Unknowing, The author
Collins, Henry
compassion
confession
Crecy, Serenus de
crime and punishment
see also sin
cross of Christ
in art
blood
as comfort
crown of thorns
crucifix
crusades
Dante Alighieri: Divine Comedy
desire
sexual
Despenser, Henry (Bishop of Norwich)
Despenser Retable (Norwich Cathedral)
dialects
Divine Comedy (Dante)
divine judgement
‘doom paintings’
Eco, Umberto: Baudolino
Edward III
Einstein, Albert, on mystical experiences
Emund, Thomas
enclosure (religious), rites of
English, writings in
equality before God
Erpingham, Sir Thomas
eschatology
executions
existentialism
fasting
femininity
feudal system
Fonds Anglais No. 40 (P)
forgiveness
free will
French Revolution
friaries
ghostly visions
Gillespie, Vincent
God
encounters with
Julian’s concept
as Mother
source of love
Great Western Schism
guilds
Hadfield, Chris
hagiography
hazelnut analogy
heaven
hell
heresy
Heresy Trials
hermits
Hildegard of Bingen
Hilton, Walter
hope
Howard, Richard
Hundred Years War
Huxley, Aldous
indulgences
inner strength
intellectual enlightenment
John of Beverley, St
Julian of Erpingham
Julian of Norwich
audience written for
becoming anchoress
contact with populace of Norwich
formal education
God, concept of
her cell
identity
images of
influences on writing
Lollard sympathies
message of hope
mystical experiences
near-death experience
philosophical niche
revelations
sin, concept of
temperament
theology
unique writing style
use of imagery
justice
justice system, in medieval society
Kempe, Margery
accused of Lollardy
Book of Margery Kempe, The
dictates to scribe
heretic
mysticism
notoriety
visiting Julian
as writer
Kierkegaard, Søren
Ladder of Perfection
languages
Last Judgement
Latin
Lawrence, St
liars
Litster, Geoffrey
literacy rates
Lollard’s Pit
Lollardy
Long Text
Christ as Mother
concept of femininity
manuscripts
and sin
lord and servant parable
love
in relation to sin and punishment
unconditional
see also mercy
macabre, society’s fixation with
manuscripts of Revelations
Marie of Oignies
see also Beguines
medieval society
intellectual and spiritual structure
justice system
theological methods
views on mortality
mercy
see also love
Merton, Thomas
Middle English
monasteries
More, Gertrude
mortality, medieval views
mortification
Mother God
MS Sloane 2499 (S1)
MS Sloane 3705 (S2)
mystical experiences
of Julian
temporal representation
through physical punishment
see also revelations
mystical texts
audiences written for
mysticism
mystics, contemporary
Norwich
Norwich Cathedral
optimism
patronage
Peasants’ Revolt (1381)
perennialism
perfection, striving for
persecution
philosophical schools
physical punishment, mystical experiences through
plagues
political upheaval
Porynlond, Richard
prayer nuts
printing press, invention
Protestant Reformation (English)
purgatory
Reed, Richard
religious groups
religious imagery
religious upheaval
religious withdrawal
revelations
Revelations of Divine Love
and Cambrai nuns
description
distribution
Long Text
modern criticism
motherly tone
printed history
reception in print
relevance today
self-scribed by Julian
Short Text
as spiritual biography
survival of texts
Richard II
Rolle, Richard
Sara, Julian’s maid
sexual desires
Short Text
concept of femininity
and sin
sin
as ‘behovely’
and free will
Julian’s concept
and punishment
solitaries
spirituality
Stanbrook Abbey
Sudbury, Simon
suffering
summum bonum
theology, medieval methods
trade, medieval society
transcendentalism
transi tombs
Tyler, Wat
tympanum, Sainte Foy
unconditional love
usurers
vernacular, use of
Virgin Mary
visions
Warrack, Grace
Williams, Rowan
womb imagery
women
role in society
role in theological enlightenment
wise
Wycliffe, John