{"product_id":"hildegard-of-bingen-by-demi-hardcover-40-pages-english","title":"Hildegard of Bingen by Demi: Hardcover; 40 pages \/ English","description":"\u003cp\u003eHildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable and influential women of her time. Blessed with an astonishing array of talents, she was at once a mystic, theologian, scientist, doctor, nutritionist, composer, writer, linguist, and artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn to a noble family in Mainz, Germany, Hildegard entered a Benedictine monastery and became abbess of a thriving community near Bingen. From a young age, she received extraordinary “lights” or visions of Heaven, which she described in a book called Know the Ways (of God). Hildegard’s collection of imaginative music and poetry includes seventy-seven songs for the liturgical year and a morality play, making her the most prolific composer of early music in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer pioneering scientific work formed the basis for the study of natural history in Germany, while her holistic medical studies helped to provide cures for numerous diseases. Hildegard also wrote a cookbook recommending nutritional “foods of joy,” and she even invented a new language! Such was Hildegard’s fame and influence that bishops, popes, and kings, as well as humble peasants, sought out her wise counsel. Today, Hildegard of Bingen is recognized as a saint and doctor by the Catholic Church and is also revered by many Lutherans and other Protestants. Find out more about her life in this beautifully illustrated book by award-winning author Demi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55499370987811,"sku":"9781937786779","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/2320\/7459\/files\/222e234a3b8e857f7902389d1f0a1d8792a75f870f8d7e8a4787e1dcefc293b7.jpg?v=1787402518","url":"https:\/\/thecrystalgarden.com\/products\/hildegard-of-bingen-by-demi-hardcover-40-pages-english","provider":"The Crystal Garden, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}