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by Hildegard of Bingen; Mark Atherton (Translator)


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Hildegard, the "Sybil of the Rhine," was a Benedictine nun and one of the most prolific and original women writers of the Middle Ages. Arranged thematically, this new edition of her work brings together selections from her visionary trilogy, her treatise on medicine and the natural world, and her songs and correspondence.

This unique volume includes a chronology of her life and times, bibliography, select discography, explanatory notes, glossary, and connecting commentary. It shows Hildegard as a wide-ranging thinker who touched on many themes that concern us today, including: the relationship between human beings and the natural world, mutuality between men and women, and the importance of a holistic approach to life.

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Hildegard, the "Sybil of the Rhine," was a Benedictine nun and one of the most prolific and original women writers of the Middle Ages. Arranged thematically, this new edition of her work brings together selections from her visionary trilogy, her treatise on medicine and the natural world, and her songs and correspondence. This unique volume includes a chronology of her life and times, bibliography, select discography, explanatory notes, glossary, and connecting commentary. It shows Hildegard as a wide-ranging thinker who touched on many themes that concern us today, including: the relationship between human beings and the natural world, mutuality between men and women, and the importance of a holistic approach to life. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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  • Title Selected Writings
  • Author Hildegard of Bingen; Mark Atherton (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, London
  • Date 2001-11-01
  • ISBN 9780140436044 / 0140436049
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.68 x 5.28 x 0.76 in (19.51 x 13.41 x 1.93 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Classic
  • Library of Congress subjects Spiritual life - Catholic Church, Mysticism - Catholic Church
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001275923
  • Dewey Decimal Code 248.22

About the author

Hildegard of Bingen was a German Benedictine abbess, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and extremely gifted polymath. Many Germans consider her to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany. Mark Atherton is an author and translator known for There and Back Again: JRR Tolkien and the Origins of the Hobbit, Complete Old English Beginning to Intermediate Course, and Selected Writing: Hildegard of Bingen.
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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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