Influence
In Hildegard's day, Scivias was her best-known work. Scivias was used as a model by Elizabeth of Schönau for her work Liber viarum Dei. Elizabeth, like Hildegard, experienced visions, and was encouraged by Hildegard to publish them.
Ordo Virtutum is the earliest known morality play, a genre previously believed to have started in the 14th century.
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