2. The Motherhood Matrix in the Writing of Julian of Norwich

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Motherhood and Margery Kempe 28
6. 2. The Motherhood Matrix in the Writing of Julian of Norwich 64
7. 3. Discourses of Prostitution and The Book of Margery Kempe 96
8. 4. ‘3yf thowe be payede,’ quod oure lorde, ‘I am payede’: Hermeneutics of the Holy Whore in Julian of Norwich 131
9. 5. Margery Kempe: Wisdom, Authority and the Female Utterance 170
10. 6. Julian of Norwich: Voice of the Wise Woman 205
11. Afterword 235
12. Bibliography 238
13. Index 263