“In the midst of what historian Barbara Tuchman has called the ‘calamitous’ fourteenth century — marked by war, famine, plague, and unrest — one woman wrote a book. It was the first book composed by a woman in English and remains one of the greatest theological works in the English language. So little is known about the woman that even her name — Julian of Norwich — is in question. Yet her achievement is extraordinary” (Amy Frykholm, Julian of Norwich: A Contemplative Biography, ix).