The Medieval Womb : Hildegard of Bingen's Views on the Female Reproductive Body.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Minji.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

York : Arc Humanities Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Hildegard of Bingen's understandings of the womb from natural philosophy (in her medical work Cause et Cure) and theology (in her visionary work Scivias).

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Female Porosity and Sacred Flow: From Eve and Mary to Hildegard of Bingen

Chapter 2. The Unsealer of Sin

Chapter 3. Releasing Blood and Humours

Chapter 4. Receiving the Spirit, Foam, and Fluids

Chapter 5. Giving Birth to a Baby and Giving Spiritual Birth to Humankind

Afterword. Alternative Medicine: From Old Knowledge to New Practice through the Woman's Body

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-80270-222-9

1-80270-376-4

OCLC:

1543208417