{"product_id":"selected-writings-hildegard-of-bingen-isbn-9780140436044","title":"Selected Writings (Hildegard of Bingen)","description":"Hildegard, the \"Sybil of the Rhine,\" was a Benedictine nun and one of the most prolific and original women writers of the Middle Ages. Arranged thematically, this new edition of her work brings together selections from her visionary trilogy, her treatise on medicine and the natural world, and her songs and correspondence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis unique volume includes a chronology of her life and times, bibliography, select discography, explanatory notes, glossary, and connecting commentary. It shows Hildegard as a wide-ranging thinker who touched on many themes that concern us today, including: the relationship between human beings and the natural world, mutuality between men and women, and the importance of a holistic approach to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Selected Writings - Hildegard of Bingen - Translated by Mark Atherton       Introduction:\u003cbr\u003eI. Life and Career\u003cbr\u003eII. Hildegard in Her Time\u003cbr\u003eIII. Hildegard's Writings\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eSelect Discography\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eTranslator's Note\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnow the Ways\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Letter to Bernard of Clairvaux\u003cbr\u003e2. The Action of the Will (from \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e3. Redemption (from \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e4. Letter to Odo of Soissons\u003cbr\u003e5. The Trinity (from \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e6. Letter to Pope Eugenius III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStruggles for Independence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Songs for Saint Disibod\u003cbr\u003e8. Letter to Hartwig of Bremen\u003cbr\u003e9. Song for Saint Ursula\u003cbr\u003e10. The Trials of the Soul (from \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e11. Songs for Saint Rupert\u003cbr\u003e12. The Departure of Richardis of Strade\u003cbr\u003e13. The First Version of \u003ci\u003eThe Play of the Virtues\u003c\/i\u003e (from \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cb\u003eThe Sibyl of the Rhine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. Three Political Letters\u003cbr\u003e15. Songs for the Dedication of a Church\u003cbr\u003e16. Teachings on the Church (from \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e17. Letter to Elisabeth of Schönau\u003cbr\u003e18. Gertrud of Stahleck\u003cbr\u003e19. Letter to the Abbess of Bamberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Praise of Creation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20. The Cosmic Egg (from \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e21. The Cosmos (from \u003ci\u003eCauses and Cures\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e22. Gemstones (from \u003ci\u003ePhysica\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e23. Songs from \u003ci\u003eSymphonia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e24. Two Christmas Homilies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllegories of Justice and Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e25. The Iron Mountain (from \u003ci\u003eScivias\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e26. The Man Looking East and South (from \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Life's Merits\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e27. The Seven Vices and Virtues (from \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Life's Merits\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e28. The Voice from Heaven (from \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Life's Merits\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e29. The Unknown Language\u003cbr\u003e30. Allegorical Letters\u003cbr\u003e31. A Vision of Love (from \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Divine Works\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHildegard's Life and Influence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e32. Queries and Requests: Selected Letters to Hildegard\u003cbr\u003e33. From \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Hildegard\u003c\/i\u003e, Book 2, by Theoderich of Echternach\u003cbr\u003e34. Gebeno of Eberbach: The \u003ci\u003ePentachronon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e35. From the Canonization Protocol\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cb\u003eHildegard of Bingen \u003c\/b\u003ewas a German Benedictine abbess, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and extremely gifted polymath. Many Germans consider her to be the founder of scientific natural history in Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Atherton\u003c\/b\u003e is an author and translator known for \u003ci\u003eThere and Back Again: JRR Tolkien and the Origins of the Hobbit, Complete Old English Beginning to Intermediate Course, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSelected Writing: Hildegard of Bingen. \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300937126117,"sku":"NP9780140436044","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140436044.jpg?v=1767736326","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/selected-writings-hildegard-of-bingen-isbn-9780140436044","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}