Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age

by Fiona Maddocks

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This text provides an insight into the life of Hildegard of Bingen, a nun from the age of 18 in medieval Germany. Hildegard was a religious leader, who founded two monasteries, a poet, a celebrated visionary from whom Popes and Emperors lived in fear of receiving a letter, a writer of medical treatises, including the use of a broth made from pounded hamster liver, and a composer. Through her writings, this book presents her views on sex, love and marriage, medicine and music.
  • ISBN10 0747273987
  • ISBN13 9780747273981
  • Publish Date 1 March 2001
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Out of Print 12 December 2002
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Headline Publishing Group
  • Imprint Headline Book Publishing
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Language English