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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.
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Hildegard of Bingen, Fiona Maddocks
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Fiona Maddocks
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, London
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0571302432
- ISBN13
- 9780571302437
- Category
- Social sciences, Esotericism and Religion
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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.