Hildegard of Bingen: A Visionary Life

Author: Flanagan, Sabina

Brand: Routledge

Edition: 2

Number Of Pages: 227

EAN: 9780415185516

Release Date: 16-05-1998

Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Details: Drawing on contemporary sources, the text unfolds Hildegard's life from the time of her entrance into an anchoress's cell--where a woman would remain in pious isolation--to her death as a famed visionary and writer, abbess and confidante of popes and kings, more than seventy years later. Against this background the author explores Hildegard's vast creative work, encompassing theology, medicine, natural history, poetry, and music.