Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen (Audiobook)

from hollysing

Author Mary Sharratt digs into Hildegard von Bingen's psyche to give us an idea of a saint's inner world. This German visionary and mystic was a resilient, forward-thinking woman who felt called by God to liberate herself and her sisters from the prison of an oppressive monastery during the Middl...

from pennsylady

Hildegard of Bingen, O.S.B. (1098 - 17 September 1179), was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary... Sharratt "interweaves historical research with psychological insight and vivid imagination to write an engaging and triumphant portrait of a coura...

from gbelik

Enough is known about the amazing 12th century nun, Hildegard von Bingen to provide the basis for a fascinating novel about her life and the condition of females who chose or were forced to devote their lives to the church in this era. She emerges from this novel a resourceful, creative individua...

from techeditor

ILLUMINATIONS by Mary Sharratt tells the story of Hildegard von Bingen, recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches and as a prophet by the Lutheran Church. Hildegard's divine visions were likely the reason her mother gave her to a Catholic monastery when she was a child, wh...

from BrokenTeepee

In this truly fascinating tale of Hildegard, a Benedictine nun of the 12th century Ms. Sharratt takes her readers into a world that seems almost unbelievable today, the world of an anchorite. Hildegard was only 8 years old when she and another young woman Jutta were nothing short of entombed in a...