{"product_id":"julian-of-norwich-4","title":"Julian of Norwich","description":"\u003cp\u003eJulian of Norwich was a fourteenth-century woman who at the age of thirty had a series of vivid visions centred around the crucified Christ. Twenty years later, while living as an anchoress in a church, she is believed to have set out these visions in a text called the \u003cem\u003eShowing of Love\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoing against the current trend to place Julian in the category of mystic - a classification which defines her visions as deeply private, psychological events - this book sets Julian’s thinking in the context of a visionary project used to instruct the Christian community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on recent developments in philosophy that debate the objectivity and rationality of vision and perception, Kevin J. Magill gives full attention to the depth and richness of the visual language and modes of perception in the \u003cem\u003eShowing of Love\u003c\/em\u003e. In particular, the book focuses on the ways in which Julian presented her vision to the Christian society around her, demonstrating the educative potential of interaction between the ‘isolated’ anchoress and the wider community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging Julian’s identification as a mystic and solitary female writer, this book argues that Julian engaged in a variety of educative methods – oral, visual, conversational, mnemonic, alliterative – that extend the usefulness of her text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225657561432,"sku":"9780415544054","price":61.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415544054_09a3ea24-6a5d-45f4-a2f7-c847bf4d8553.jpg?v=1769770838","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/julian-of-norwich-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}