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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783856303321

Autore

Flanagan Sabina <1948-, >

Titolo

Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179 : a visionary life / / Sabina Flanagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-59179-626-1

1-134-66629-2

1-134-66630-6

1-280-53909-7

9786610539093

0-203-00729-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Disciplina

248.22092

282.092

282.092B

282/.092 B

Soggetti

Christian saints - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOKCOVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATIONS; CONTENTS; PLATES; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. LIFE AND DEATH; 2. WORLD AND CLOISTER; 3. OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS; 4. THE WAYS OF GOD; 5. THE SUBTLETIES OF NATURE; 6. CELESTIAL HARMONIES; 7. MAN AND THE COSMOS; 8. ADMONITION AND ADVICE; 9. WORLDLY DISCORDS; 10. POTENT INFIRMITIES; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DISCOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

<P>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.</P>