A series of 12 programmes. 10: The Sibyl of the Rhine
In his journey through the Middle Ages, Brian Redhead goes to a convent on the Rhine where he rediscovers a musician, ecologist, dramatist, apothecary, herbalist, cosmologist, poet, preacher, prophet, visionary, artist and trades union leader: not the whole community of nuns, but one remarkable woman -
Abbess Hildegard of Bingen.
He also looks at one of the most celebrated love affairs of history, some incredibly violent monks, an abbot with a face like a dried-up leaf and a baby called Astrolabe. Reader EVA STUART
Researcher JENNY COOK
Series producer FRANCES GUMLEY