The Cambridge companion to Hildegard of Bingen / edited by Jennifer Bain, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bain, Jennifer, 1967- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to authors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179.

Hildegard.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 325 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This specially commissioned collection of thirteen essays explores the life and works of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), monastic founder, leader of a community of nuns, composer, active correspondent, and writer of religious visions, theological treatises, sermons, and scientific and medical texts. Aimed at advanced university students and new Hildegard researchers, the essays provide a broad context for Hildegard's life and monastic setting, and offer comprehensive discussions on each of the main areas of her output. Engagingly written by experts in medieval history, theology, German literature, musicology, and the history of medicine, the essays are grounded in Hildegard's twelfth-century context, and investigate her output within its monastic and liturgical environments, her reputation during and after her life, and the materiality of the transmission of her works, considering aspects of manuscript layout, illumination, and scribal practices at her Rupertsberg monastery.

Contents:

Life and monastic context

Writings and reputation

Music, manuscripts, illuminations, and scribes.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Oct 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108611725

1108611729

9781108644716

1108644716

9781108573832

1108573835