![]() Embed this Program Add this Program to your website by copying the code below. Hildegard was by this time regarded as a mystic and prophetess, and she came to be known as the ‘Sibyl of the Rhine’. She also invented a private language, which formed the basis of two short works, The Unknown Language and The Unknown Alphabet (both completed by 1158). 1163), The Book of Divine Works (c.ġ13), lives of local saints, and various musical, scientific and medical works. She then produced a number of other works, including The Book of Life’s Merits (c. Her collection of religious songs, the Symphonia, appeared in 1158. Her first work, Scivias, appeared with Papal approval in 1151, just after she had established her own religious community at Rupertsberg, near Bingen. After Jutta’s death in 1136, Hildegard was elected abbess at Disibodenberg.Īt this time she started to write about the visions she had been experiencing. Some time between 11, when the monastery became a convent, Hildegard took religious vows. At the age of eight her family gave her into the care of a religious noblewoman, Jutta of Spanheim, who took Hildegard with her to become a recluse at the Disibodenberg monastery. Free Ebook Download Free download lesson plan, resume sample and terms paper in PDF.įull text of ' PENGUIN CLASSICS HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: SELECTED WRITINGS HILDEGARD OF BINGEN was born into a noble family in Bermersheim in 1098.
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