Description: Best known today as a fine composer, the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen was also a religious leader and visionary, a poet, naturalist and writer of medical treatises. Despite her cloistered life she had strong, often controversial views on sex, love and marriage too - a woman astonishing in her own age, whose book of apocalyptic visions, Scivias, would alone have been enough to ensure her lasting fame. In this classic and highly praised biography - first published by Headline in 2001 - distinguished writer and journalist, Fiona Maddocks, draws on Hildegard's prolific writings to paint a portrait of her extraordinary life against the turbulent medieval background of crusade and schism, scientific discovery and cultural revolution. The great intellectual gifts and forceful character that emerge make her as fascinating as any figure in the Middle Ages. More than 800 years after her death, Pope Benedict XVI has made Hildegard a Saint and a Doctor of the Church (one of only four women). Fiona Maddocks has provided a short new preface to cover these tributes to an extraordinary and exceptional woman.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Personalize: No
Type: Paperback
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Personalized: No
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Intended Audience: Adults
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Vintage: No
Book Title: Hildegard of Bingen : the Woman of Her Age
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Incorporated
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Religious, Historical
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Item Length: 7.8 in
Author: Fiona Maddocks
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
