The Ram in the Thicket

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Faith and Fear Repression and Resilience in Medieval Norwich</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Polarized political groups vie for power. Religious leaders push for harshly intolerant rules. Lies and cancellation hound those who don't fit in. A small minority suffering from inherited trauma are especially targeted. A charismatic outsider spreads conspiracy theories. A wise woman with influence but no power fights to do damage control behind the scenes.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Welcome to Norwich England 1413 and an old/new story of the struggle for faith in a complex flawed world the triumph of love over dogma and the resilience of oppressed minorities in the face of abusive power.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Two rival factions struggle for control of a prosperous English city. The kingdom's bishops are bent on stamping out religious dissent. Those who stand out from the mainstream risk malicious gossip hostility and possible denunciation. A small group of townspeople are most vulnerable of all: the descendants of Jews who generations earlier chose conversion--or pretended conversion--over banishment from England. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>An elderly mystic Julian of Norwich is drawn into this turmoil despite her withdrawal from the world. Complicating it all Margery Kempe--an outlandish theatrical woman from a provincial town--begins stirring up a storm of suspicion. When these two women first meet Julian struggles simply to understand Margery. But soon enough she's desperate to contain the damage Margery has unwittingly done--all from within the cell to which Julian long ago vowed herself. </span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Ram in the Thicket</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a vivid and engrossing tale of power religion and resilience amidst societal and religious upheaval.</span></p>