Uncertainty is often assumed to be a modern condition, says Flanagan (history, U. of Adelaide, Australia), and contrasted with confident Victorian values or with the faith of earlier periods. But she
Until recently, Hildegard of Bingen has been known only to a handful of scholars. Now available in a paperback edition, Sabina Flanagan's book makes her remarkable life accessible to the general reade
Visionary, mystic, poet, musician, naturalist, healer, theologian-the Rhineland nun Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a Renaissance woman long before there was a Renaissance. This is the first book
