![]() ![]() It began largely with the influence of Anselm of Canterbury's atonement theology in which the suffering Jesus's humanity endured for the sake of the redeemed comes to the fore. It was largely influential within monasteries, although there are infrequent attempts to bring its influence to bear on social life and to introduce its practices to the laity. Affective piety (also known as affective meditation or affective spirituality) was a movement within medieval religious culture that began in the eleventh century and lasted until the fifteenth. To that end it will first examine the dominant themes, practices and nature of affective piety in the High Middle Ages and then perform a close reading of Julian's Short Text to show how much and in what ways said themes, practices and nature are part of Julian's work. 1 As such this essay will attempt to explore this extraordinary phenomenon by situating Julian of Norwich in her context of medieval affective piety. Rarely, however, has a religion prevailed on its devotees to pity their God ". ![]() Barbara Newman summed up the strange and provocative nature of affective piety when she said that " n the long history of religions, human beings have come before their gods with a full gamut of emotions, from terror and wonder to gratitude and guilt. ![]()
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