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She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.
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She was a virgin martyr.
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She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.
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She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Julian of Norwich, also called Juliana, (born 1342, probably Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.-died after 1416), celebrated mystic whose Revelations of Divine Love (or Showings) is generally considered one of the most remarkable documents of medieval religious experience.
Detailed explanation-2: -Julian of Norwich wrote the first work in the English language which we can be sure was authored by a woman. For this fact alone she is remarkable, but she was also one of the most sophisticated and unusual theologians of her era.
Detailed explanation-3: -Julian of Norwich was a contemporary of Chaucer, and one of the first women to write in Middle English. Her Revelation recounts a series of visions she had during an illness in her youth. Julian of Norwich had a series of visions during an illness she suffered in 1373.