The Search for the Lost Manuscript Julian of Norwich

In this hourlong documentary Dr Janina Ramirez tells the incredible story of a book hidden for centuries in the shadows of history the first book ever written in English by a woman Julian of Norwich in 1373 Revelations of Divine Love dared to present an alternative vision of mans relationship with God a theology fundamentally at odds with the church of Julians time and for 500 years the book was suppressed It reemerged in the 20th century as an iconic text for the womens movement and was acknowledged as a literary masterpiece