![]() ![]() ![]() The plague lasted from 1346 to 1353, the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the deaths of around 200 million people, creating religious, social and economic upheavals. Five more cycles of plague swept through Norwich during Julian’s lifetime, together with drought, fighting, and famine. The first wave of the “Black Death” (words of the 1750s, the proper name for the pandemic) spread when Julian was 5 or 6 years old. The words written at a time of deep crisis – plague and the ensuing anxiety, fear, and desperation – were brought together to form one of the greatest works of spirituality written during the Middle Ages: Revelations of Divine Love.Īnd it was so refreshing for men and women of Julian’s time to hear about love and the hope that that love engendered. ![]() Sitting in the Octagon Unitarian Chapel, Norwich, listening to Dr Nicholas Groves on Friday morning (best known, perhaps, for his books on parish churches), I couldn’t but give thanks for the spread of Julian of Norwich’s words she wrote in response to Jesus’ love. ![]()
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