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Hildegard von Bingen - Ordo Virtutum

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Ordo Virtutum (Order of the Virtues) is an allegorical morality play composed about 1151 by Hildegard von Bingen. The story tells about soul who, after having strived for a virtuous life, turns away from the Virtues, is tempted and taken away by the Devil. Eventually the penitent soul returns and together with the personified Virtues, overcomes the Devil. We know very little about either the occasion of the composition, or its performance. There is a theory, that through this story, Hildegard wanted to pr

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