Selected Writings (Hildegard of Bingen) (Penguin Classics) by Hildegard of Bingen ISBN 13: 9780140436044

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Penguin Classics, November 2001. Paper Back. New. 'Known as the 'Sibyl of the Rhine,' Hildegard of Bingen was at once poet, nun, musician, dietician, preacher, naturalist, and political consultant; yet she is best remembered for her apocalyptic and mystical writings. Considering the atmosphere of the twelfth century-a period in which anything new and strange in religion was probed carefully for heresy and in which only priests were allowed to preach-one might call her an oddity, though she brooked little, if any, opposition from the ruling hierarchies. Offered as a 'tithe' to the church at the age of eight, Hildegard spent most of the first forty-two years of her life cloistered before being selected as abbess and tentatively venturing forth to share her visionary experiences and creative abilities. The period in which Hildegard lived is often referred to as the 'Twelfth-Century Renaissance,' a time of great renewal influenced by the Cistercians, classical humanism, and… Read More

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