Hildegard of Bingen - Softcover

Flanagan, Sabina; ,

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415057930 ISBN 13: 9780415057936

Publisher: Routledge, 1990

Synopsis

A fascinating book about Hildegard's extraordinary visionary life and her writings that surpassed those of most of her male contemporaries in breadth, depth and power. With a new preface and updated references to the latest critical material on Hildegard's writings.

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About the Author

Sabina Flanagan is Visiting Research Fellow in History at the University of Adelaide

From Library Journal

Hildegard was a unique and remarkable woman of the 12th century who began the austere life of a religious at the age of eight. In light of the fact that she surmounted the typical restraints and low esteem in which women were held in the Middle Ages, her accomplishments were prodigious. That she wrote at all was exceptional. Her interests were both mystical and intellectual, including natural history, medicine, and science. Her musical works are performed even today. She is best known, though, for three lengthy theological works--discussed in some detail here--that came about from her visionary experiences. Just as Hildegard "sought to understand the world in all its aspects, natural, human and divine," this biography approaches her life from a scholarly viewpoint, seeking to interpret her visionary knowledge from a modern perspective. It is the first major work to do so.
- Carol J. Lichtenberg, Washington State Univ. Lib., Pullman
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415057930
• ISBN 13: 9780415057936
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244