A Companion to Hildegard of Bingen /

A Companion to Hildegard of Bingen / / edited by Beverly Kienzle, Debra Stoudt, and George Ferzoco.

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This volume provides an introduction to Hildegard and her works, with a focus on the historical, literary, and religious context of the seer’s writings and music. Its essays explore the cultural milieu that informs Hildegard’s life and various compositions, and examine understudied aspects of the ma...

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TeilnehmendeR:
Ferzoco, George.
Kienzle, Beverly.
Stoudt, Debra.
Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : BRILL,, [2013]
©2014
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition
Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition 45.
Physical Description:1 online resource (380 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction / Beverly Mayne Kienzle and Debra L. Stoudt
  • What Do We Know About the Life of Jutta and Hildegard at Disibodenberg and Rupertsberg? / Franz J. Felten
  • St Disibod and the History of the Disibodenberg up to the Beginning of the 12th Century / Franz J. Felten
  • Hildegard of Bingen and the Hirsau Reform in Germany 1080–1180 / Constant J. Mews
  • Unequal Twins: Visionary Attitude and Monastic Culture in Elisabeth of Schönau and Hildegard of Bingen / Felix Heinzer
  • Hildegard, the Schools, and their Critics / Justin A. Stover
  • Intertextuality in Hildegard’s Works: Ezekiel and the Claim to Prophetic Authority / Beverly Mayne Kienzle and Travis A. Stevens
  • Hearing the Heavenly Symphony: An Overview of Hildegard’s Musical Oeuvre with Case Studies / Tova Leigh-Choate , William T. Flynn and Margot E. Fassler
  • Hildegard as Musical Hagiographer: Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek Ms. 103 and Her Songs for Saints Disibod and Ursula / Tova Leigh-Choate , William T. Flynn and Margot E. Fassler
  • The Theology of Repentance: Observations on the Liber vite meritorum / Susanne Ruge
  • The Medical, the Magical, and the Miraculous in the Healing Arts of Hildegard of Bingen / Debra L. Stoudt
  • Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179): A History of Reception / Michael Embach
  • The Canonization and Doctorization of Hildegard of Bingen / George Ferzoco
  • Notes on Hildegard’s “Unknown” Language and Writing / George Ferzoco
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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