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The World of Hildegard of Bingen: Her Life, Times, and Visions [Hardcover]

Heinrich Schipperges (Author, Introduction), John Cumming (Translator)

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Publication Date: December 1998

A biography of the twelfth century saint of the Catholic Church, which considers her life in the context of the political events of her time and her theology of art, music, and medicine.

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

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Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Liturgical Press (December 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814625436
ISBN-13: 978-0814625439
Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,798,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Who is this woman", asked Pope Eugenius III of Hildegard of Bingen, "who rises out of the wilderness like a column of smoke from burning spices?" Read the first page

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opus cum creatura, opus alterum per alterum, vita laeta, universal wheel, omnis creatura

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Holy Spirit, Liber Scivias, Rupertsberg Codex, Biblioteca Statale, Liber Divinorum Operum, Middle Ages, Hildegard of Bingen, Golden City, God the Father, Rule of St Benedict, Son of God, God's Word, Guibert of Gembloux, Pope Eugenius, University Library, Austrian National Library, God's Son, Mother Church, Song of Solomon, Song of Songs

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The Middle Ages by Morris Bishop on 5 pages
Hildegard of Bingen by Heinrich Schipperges in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Medieval Women Writers by Katharina M. Wilson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Honorius Augustodunensis (Authors of the Middle Ages) by Valerie I. J. Flint in Back Matter
Song of Solomon by of Clairvaux, Saint Bernard on page 24

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