The letters of Hildegard of Bingen.: Volume 1 /

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 t...

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1. Verfasser: Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179
Weitere Verfasser: Baird, Joseph L., Ehrman, Radd K.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Latin
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©1998.
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Zusammenfassung: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 indi.
Beschreibung:Includes indexes.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (1 volume)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages 217-219).
ISBN:9780585245713
0585245711

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