Sister Benedicta Ward, medievalist and Anglican nun who explored early Christian spirituality – obituary
She wondered why Julian of Norwich was thought to have been a nun when her writings contained no hints of the cloistered life
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She wondered why Julian of Norwich was thought to have been a nun when her writings contained no hints of the cloistered life
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