Author: | Barbara Newman | ISBN: | 9780520920187 |
Publisher: | University of California Press | Publication: | January 20, 1998 |
Imprint: | University of California Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Barbara Newman |
ISBN: | 9780520920187 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Publication: | January 20, 1998 |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Language: | English |
Barbara Newman reintroduces English-speaking readers to an extraordinary and gifted figure of the twelfth-century renaissance. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was mystic and writer, musician and preacher, abbess and scientist who used symbolic theology to explore the meaning of her gender within the divine scheme of things.
With a new preface, bibliography, and discography, Sister of Wisdom is a landmark book in women's studies, and it will also be welcomed by readers in religion and history.
Barbara Newman reintroduces English-speaking readers to an extraordinary and gifted figure of the twelfth-century renaissance. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was mystic and writer, musician and preacher, abbess and scientist who used symbolic theology to explore the meaning of her gender within the divine scheme of things.
With a new preface, bibliography, and discography, Sister of Wisdom is a landmark book in women's studies, and it will also be welcomed by readers in religion and history.