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 | | The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen: Volume I (Letters of Hildegard of Bingen) by Hildegard of Bingen, Joseph L. Baird (Editor), Radd K. Ehrman (Editor) ISBN-10: 9780195089370 ISBN-10: 0-19-508937-5 ISBN-13: 9780195089370 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-508937-0 Hardcover 1994-08-25 Oxford University Press, USA Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description 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. | ||
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Mediaeval Masterpiece Here, in the third volume of a three volume set is the translation of the written correspondence between Hildegard of Bingen and many of her contemporaries. Included among her pen pals are some of the most well-known figures in history. If you have any interest in Medieval history and Christian theology/philosophy, these letters from one of the greatest Christian mystics, spiritual masters, theologians, artists, musicians and intellectuals of all time must be included in your library. You will read it again and again. It is the kind of book that is hard to stop reading. Because the letters are short, you can sample the book for only a few minutes at a time. A visionary, having received private revelations from God from the age of five years, she kept them mostly to herself until in her 40's when instructed by the Pope to share them. Many of her letters contain revelations that may not be recorded elsewhere. How cool is that! Unfortunately, all three volumes of her letters in the English translation are out of print. Get them if you can find them. | ||