Author : Hildegard of Bingen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195352971
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Book Synopsis The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen : Volume I by : Hildegard of Bingen
Download or read book The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen : Volume I written by Hildegard of Bingen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994-07-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first translation into English of the complete correspondence of the remarkable twelfth-century Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), this study consists of nearly four hundred letters, in four projected volumes. Addressed to some of the most notable people of the day, as well as to some of humble status, the correspondence reveals the saint in ways her more famous works leave obscure: as determined reformer, as castigating seer, as theoretical musician, as patient adviser, as exorcist. Sometimes diffident and restrained, sometimes thunderously imperious, her letters are indispensable to understanding fully this luminary of medieval philosophy, poetry, and music. In addition, they provide a fascinating glimpse at life in tumultuous twelfth-century Germany, beset with schism and political unrest. This first volume includes ninety letters to the highest ranking prelates in Hildegard's world--popes, archbishops, and bishops. Three following volumes will be divided according to the rank of the addressees.