Illuminations : a novel of Hildegard von Bingen / Mary Sharratt.
A tale inspired by the life of the twelfth-century abbess, composer, and prophet depicts a young girl who upon being given to the Church rejects the order's masochistic piety and finds grace in studying books, growing herbs, and rejoicing in divine visions.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780547567846
- ISBN: 0547567847
- Physical Description: xiv, 274 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
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- Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179 > Fiction.
- Genre:
- Biographical fiction.
Christian fiction.
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- 11 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
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Summary:
A tale inspired by the life of the twelfth-century abbess, composer, and prophet depicts a young girl who upon being given to the Church rejects the order's masochistic piety and finds grace in studying books, growing herbs, and rejoicing in divine visions.
