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The Role Of Faith In Hildegard Of Bigen's Scivias

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In the 12th century, western culture across Europe was enduring religious turmoil by the Catholic crusades. In a “time of no hope,” Europe was in desperate search for divine authority to help alleviate them the current situation. One particular visionary work, Scivias, by Hildegard of Bigen helped shed light back towards faith in the divine power of

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