Hildegard of Bingen - Healing and the Nature of the Cosmos

Hildegard of Bingen's contemporaries called her "prophetissa teutonica," honoring her philosophical writings and interpretation of the cosmos. Medievalists still consider her one of the leading mystics, and point to her active spiritual and artistic life in the twelfth century as the finest example of what a woman can achieve. She was praised for her natural gifts, her prophetic charisma, and her dynamic reforming disposition.

The abbess Hildegard of Bingen was the first composer to sign her musical works. As a playwright and author, she witnessed and shaped the time of the Crusades, the literary minnesang, and political and theological debate.

The author draws a complex picture of her life and work, as he "translates" Hildegard's ideas and her mysterious world of symbols from medieval Latin into contemporary concepts.

Riassunto

An exploration of 12th century mystic, Hildegard of Bingen. The author draws a complex picture of her life and work, and delineates Hildegard's view of the human being as a microcosm of the universe, intricately bound by the senses to the life of the soul, nature, and God.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Heinrich Schipperges
• Con la collaborazione di: John A. Broadwin (Traduzione)
• Editore: Wiener, markus, publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.1997
• EAN: 9781558761384
• ISBN: 978-1-55876-138-4
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo