Vida y visiones de Hildegard von Bingen

The Life of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), written by the monk Theoderich von Echternach a few years after her death, offers a direct glimpse into one of the most fascinating and multifaceted figures of Western Europe, as it contains autobiographical passages that speak directly to her experience. Her writings on the medicinal properties of plants and the virtues of precious stones and metals demonstrate her keen perception of the world around her, while her three great prophetic works (Liber Scivias, Liber vitae meritorum, and Liber divinorum operum) reveal her vision of the unseen. Driven by a visionary faculty that has made her famous, they paint the portrait of an extraordinary destiny: a woman, writer, and visionary who offers a feminine conception of God in the heart of the 12th century.