Abbesse Hildgard von Bingen wrote the beautiful "Alleluia, o virga Mediatrix" during 12th century. Hildgard lived from 1098-1179. She is a woman who was born the year before the final victory of the First Crusade. In 1099, Godfrey de Boullion, his younger brother Baldwin de Boullion, and the rest of the Franks stormed the walls of Jerusalem and captured the holy city. Therefore this enchanting chant was born during the time of Outremer (The Latin Kingdoms or Crusader Kingdoms). What you are hearing is the music of the Middle Ages and the Holy Wars! It captures exactly what I imagined the Templars listening to as they attended Vespers.
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