The personal correspondence of Hildegard of Bingen / selected letters with an introduction and commentary by Joseph L. Baird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179.

Contributor:

Baird, Joseph L.

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. English. Selections

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179. Correspondence.

Hildegard.

Christian saints--Germany--Correspondence.

Christian saints.

Germany.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

xiii, 190 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

This book is the first to illuminate the personal life of Hildegard of Bingen by viewing it through the defining lens of her personal correspondence. Joseph L. Baird has selected 75 of the most interesting and revealing of Hildegards letters. He has arranged them in roughly chronological order and provided accessibly written introductory notes that contextualize the letters and explain their significance. This fascinating collection serves as a kind of life in letters that makes an ideal introduction to this exceptional woman, her world, and her work.

Contents:

Reaching out

Criticism and response

Richardis von Stade

Hildegard's spreading reputation

Exorcism

Family

A fellow visionary

A sermon

The Provost Volmar

Miscellaneous letters and visions

Guibert of Gembloux

The last, bitter controversy.

Notes:

"The letters in this volume are selected from The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen (3 vols.) translated by Joseph L. Baird and Radd K. Ehrman."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index.

Translated from the Latin.

ISBN:

0195308220

0195308239

OCLC:

64208224

Publisher Number:

9780195308228

9780195308235

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