Vocabulary Story 969 The Movie Visions

1 Vocabulary Story 969 The Movie Visions
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The movie Visions is a paregyric to Hildagar of Bingham. It
is set in the end of the first millennium, 1000 AD. It was a world of
nepotism and demagogues, were people paid homage to military power.
Hildagar was somewhat incongruous to this world, stigmatized
by her love of learning. She reviled self mutilation for religious
devotion; thought to be only a pecadillo then.
She studied art and semantics and became the Abbess of a new nunnery.
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2 Vocabulary Story 969 The Movie Visions
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The movie Visions is a hymn of praise to Hildagar of Bingham. It
is set at the turn of 1000 AD. It was a world of favors to family and friends
and rabble rousers, were people respected only military power.
Hildagar was somewhat out of place in this world, made suspect by
by her love of learning. She criticized self harm for religious
piety; thought to be only a minor fault then.
She studied art and word meaning and became the head of a new nunnery.
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