Julian of Norwich and the power of inspirational words in tough times
Woman's Hour
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The Importance of Exercise in Medieval Society
More common for women than men usually, particularly in the sort of mid-middle ages. The numbers kind of spiked quite a lot around the time Julian was an anchoress after the plague. One plausible reason might be because there were so few avenues open to women to do things that they wanted to do. If you weren't keen on getting married, if you had got married and didn't want to again, if you weren’t keen on having children, or again, perhaps as you imagine Claire, you know, had had a family and lost them.
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