The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen

Herausgeber: Bain, Jennifer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Companion explores the multi-faceted life and works of Hildegard of Bingen, monastic founder, visionary, composer, and writer of religious and scientific texts. Designed for advanced students and new Hildegard researchers, it includes essays by experts in medieval history, theology, German literature, musicology, and history of medicine.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9781108457811
• ISBN-10: 1108457819
• Artikelnr.: 62667426

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen Jennifer
Bain; Part I. Life and Monastic Context: 1. The life of Hildegard of Bingen
(1098-1179) Michael Embach; 2. Living and working in a twelfth-century
women's monastic community Alison Beach; 3. Literacy and learning in the
lives of women religious of medieval Germany Lori Kruckenberg; Part II.
Writings and Reputation: 4. Hildegard of Bingen's theology James Ginther;
5. Reading Hildegard of Bingen's letters Christopher Fletcher; 6. Hildegard
of Bingen and the patriarchs, preaching greenness Peter Loewen; 7.
Hildegard of Bingen: Illness and healing Faith Wallis; 8. The Pentachronon
and Hildegard of Bingen's reputation as prophet Magda Hayton; 9. The
context and reception of Hildegard of Bingen's visions Wendy Love Anderson;
Part III. Music, Manuscripts, Illuminations and Scribes: 10. Music, liturgy
and intertextuality in Hildegard of Bingen's chant repertory Jennifer Bain;
11. The Ordo virtutum and Benedictine monasticism Alison Altstatt; 12.
Picturing Hildegard of Bingen's sight: Illuminating her visions Nathaniel
Campbell; 13. Hildegard of Bingen and her scribes Margot Fassler.