Overview

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) continues to be the subject of popular and scholarly interest. Sabina Flanagan provides an introduction to the life and works of the visionary, mystic, poet, musician, naturalist, healer and theologian that was Hildegard of Bingen. This edition includes: a new preface; additions to the biographical sections, revealing discoveries about Hildegard's life; updated references to recent critical material on Hildegard's writings; and a new bibliography and discography.

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""Sabina Flanagan's biography is a solid introductory account...."" -""Village Voice ""Flanagan's book would be the one that I would recommend as a first introduction to Hildegard."" -""Commonweal ""An excellent biography of an extraordinary medieval visionary...a fascinating book about a miraculous life."" -""Kirkus ""It is the great virtue of Sabina Flanagan's cool, scholarly, and reflective biography that it sets her story so firmly in her own age....A woman of electrifying visionary power, fascinating, often enigmatic and clearly of great presence, she was also a woman with a will and prejudices of her own....It is as such, wrinkles and all, that Sabina Flanagan presents her to us, and we must be grateful for the historical balance of her picture."" -""New York Review of Books ""Sabina Flanagan's biography is a solid introductory account."" -""Voice Literary Supplement

Sabina Flanagan's biography is a solid introductory account.... - Village Voice Flanagan's book would be the one that I would recommend as a first introduction to Hildegard. - Commonweal An excellent biography of an extraordinary medieval visionary...a fascinating book about a miraculous life. - Kirkus It is the great virtue of Sabina Flanagan's cool, scholarly, and reflective biography that it sets her story so firmly in her own age....A woman of electrifying visionary power, fascinating, often enigmatic and clearly of great presence, she was also a woman with a will and prejudices of her own....It is as such, wrinkles and all, that Sabina Flanagan presents her to us, and we must be grateful for the historical balance of her picture. - New York Review of Books Sabina Flanagan's biography is a solid introductory account. - Voice Literary Supplement

"""Sabina Flanagan's biography is a solid introductory account...."" -""Village Voice ""Flanagan's book would be the one that I would recommend as a first introduction to Hildegard."" -""Commonweal ""An excellent biography of an extraordinary medieval visionary...a fascinating book about a miraculous life."" -""Kirkus ""It is the great virtue of Sabina Flanagan's cool, scholarly, and reflective biography that it sets her story so firmly in her own age....A woman of electrifying visionary power, fascinating, often enigmatic and clearly of great presence, she was also a woman with a will and prejudices of her own....It is as such, wrinkles and all, that Sabina Flanagan presents her to us, and we must be grateful for the historical balance of her picture."" -""New York Review of Books ""Sabina Flanagan's biography is a solid introductory account."" -""Voice Literary Supplement"

Sabina Flanagan's biography is a solid introductory account.... <br>- Village Voice <br> Flanagan's book would be the one that I would recommend as a first introduction to Hildegard. <br>- Commonweal <br> An excellent biography of an extraordinary medieval visionary...a fascinating book about a miraculous life. <br>- Kirkus <br> It is the great virtue of Sabina Flanagan's cool, scholarly, and reflective biography that it sets her story so firmly in her own age....A woman of electrifying visionary power, fascinating, often enigmatic and clearly of great presence, she was also a woman with a will and prejudices of her own....It is as such, wrinkles and all, that Sabina Flanagan presents her to us, and we must be grateful for the historical balance of her picture. <br>- New York Review of Books <br> Sabina Flanagan's biography is a solid introductory account. <br>- Voice Literary Supplement <br>

Author Information

Sabina Flanagan is Visiting Research Fellow in History at the University of Adelaide

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