The Letters Of Hildegard Of Bingen

Author : Hildegard of Bingen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1994-07-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195352979

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The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen : Volume I by Hildegard of Bingen Pdf

The first translation into English of the complete correspondence of the remarkable twelfth-century Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), this study consists of nearly four hundred letters, in four projected volumes. Addressed to some of the most notable people of the day, as well as to some of humble status, the correspondence reveals the saint in ways her more famous works leave obscure: as determined reformer, as castigating seer, as theoretical musician, as patient adviser, as exorcist. Sometimes diffident and restrained, sometimes thunderously imperious, her letters are indispensable to understanding fully this luminary of medieval philosophy, poetry, and music. In addition, they provide a fascinating glimpse at life in tumultuous twelfth-century Germany, beset with schism and political unrest. This first volume includes ninety letters to the highest ranking prelates in Hildegard's world--popes, archbishops, and bishops. Three following volumes will be divided according to the rank of the addressees.

Author : Hildegard of Bingen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004-02-18
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0198037643

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The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen : Volume III by Hildegard of Bingen Pdf

This is the third and final volume of the complete annotated correspondence of the extraordinary nun, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). One of the most remarkable women of her day, Hildegard was, for more than 30 years, an unflinching advisor and correspondent of all levels of church and society, from popes and kings to ordinary lay persons, from Jerusalem to England. This present volume (letters 218-390) is noteworthy for its large collection of letters to a non-ecclesiastical audience, and because it contains letters not just to such high-ranking notables as Frederick Barbarossa, King Henry II of England, or Eleanor or Acquitaine, but also to common, ordinary individuals of no importance whatsoever, save that they received a letter from Hildegard of Bingen. Addressing matters as diverse as the "humors" and their relation to health and salvation, the fate of departed souls, the frequency and horror of homicide in her age, a means of exorcising malignant spirits, an effective kind of incantation to alleviate nightmares, the proper attitude and response to the fact of excommunication, and male infidelity in marriage, Hildegard provides a unique view of the twelfth century world. Here also are found compositions in epistolary style that are actually sermons, mediations, prayers, or treatises on a wide range of theological topics, such as prophecy, celebration of the Mass, the Lord's Prayer, the creation, and the fall of Adam. Like previous volumes, the translation follows the most recent definitive Latin text, in which the letters are organized according to the rank and station of Hildegard's correspondents.

Author : Saint Hildegard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195308220

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The Personal Correspondence of Hildegard of Bingen by Saint Hildegard Pdf

Joseph L. Baird presents a selection of 75 of the most interesting and revealing letters from volumes I, II and III.

Author : Hildegard of Bingen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998-09-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780195353105

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The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen : Volume II by Hildegard of Bingen Pdf

This is the second volume in what will be a translation with full scholarly apparatus of the entire correspondence of St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). The translation follows Van Acker's definitive new edition of the Latin text, which is being published serially in Belgium by Brepols. As in that edition, the letters are organized according to the rank of the addressees. The first volume included ninety letters to and from the highest ranking prelates in Hildegard's world: popes, archbishops, and bishops. Volume II comprises letters 91-217, in which Hildegard addresses lower-ranking spiritual leaders (abbots and abbesses, for the most part) offering advice and consolation, and is particularly noteworthy for the correspondence with Guilbert of Gembloux, who provides a wealth of information about the saint and her spiritual gift.

Author : Saint Hildegard
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114370807

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The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen by Saint Hildegard Pdf

This is the first translation into English of the complete correspondence of this remarkable Benedictine abbess.

Author : Matthew Fox
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1987-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781591438182

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Hildegard of Bingen's Book of Divine Works by Matthew Fox Pdf

Hildegard of Bingen, a Rhineland mystic of the twelfth century, has been called an ideal model of the liberated woman. She was a poet and scientist, painter and musician, healer and abbess, playwright, prophet, preacher and social critic. The Book of Divine Works was written between 1170 and 1173, and this is its first appearance in English. The third volume of a trilogy which includes Scivias, published by Bear & Company in 1985, this visionary work is a signal resounding throughout the planet that a time of healing and balance is at hand. The Book of Divine Works is a cosmology which reunites religion, science, and art, and readers will discover an astonishing symbiosis with contemporary physics in these 800-year-old visions. The present volume also contains 51 letters written by Hildegard to significant political and religious figures of her day and translations of twelve of her songs.

Author : Hildegardis (Bingensis.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0195121171

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The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen by Hildegardis (Bingensis.) Pdf

Author : Hildegard af Bingen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:872416258

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The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen by Hildegard af Bingen Pdf

Author : Maud Burnett McInerney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134824533

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Hildegard of Bingen by Maud Burnett McInerney Pdf

This volume explores the extraordinary life and work of Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th century abbess and prophet whose interests ranged from music to theology to zoology to medicine. These essays-written specifically for this volume-approach Hildegard from a variety of perspectives including gender theory, musicology, art history, the history of science, and comparative studies.

Author : Matthew Fox
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002-12-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591438168

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Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen by Matthew Fox Pdf

An introduction to the life and work of Hildegard. • Reveals the life and teachings of one of the greatest female artists and intellectuals of the Western Mystical Tradition. • Contains 24 full-color illustrations by Hildegard of Bingen. • Includes commentary by Matthew Fox, author of Original Blessing (250,000 sold). Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was an extraordinary woman living in the Rhineland valley during most of the twelfth century. Besides being the abbess of a large and influential Benedictine abbey, she was a prominent preacher, healer, scientist, and artist. She also was a composer and theologian, writing nine books on theology, medicine, science, and physiology, as well as 70 poems and an opera. At the age of 42, she began to have visions; these were captured as 36 illuminations--24 of which are recorded in this book along with her commentaries on them. She also wrote a text describing these visions entitled Scivias (Know the Ways), now published as Hildegard of Bingen's Mystical Visions. Author Matthew Fox has stated, "If Hildegard had been a man, she would be well known as one of the greatest artists and intellectuals the world has ever seen." It is a credit to the power of the women's movement and our times that this towering genius of Western thought is being rediscovered in her full grandeur and autonomy. Virtually unknown for more than 800 years in Western history, Hildegard was featured as one of the women in Judy Chicago's Dinner Party in the early 1980s and published for the first time in English by Bear & Company in 1982. In addition to her mystical teachings, Hildegard's music has been performed and recorded for a new and growing audience.

Author : Hildegard of Bingen
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-31
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780141960043

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Selected Writings by Hildegard of Bingen Pdf

Benedictine nun, poet and musician, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable figures of the Middle Ages. She undertook preaching tours throughout the German empire at the age of sixty, and was consulted not only by her religious contemporaries but also by kings and emperors, yet it is largely for her apocalyptic and mystical writings that she is remembered. This volume includes selections from her three visionary works, her treatises on medicine and the natural world, her devotional songs, and fascinating letters to prominent figures of her time. Dealing with such eternal subjects as the relationship between humans and nature, and men and women, Hildegard's works show her to be a wide-ranging thinker who created such fresh, startling images and ideas that her writings have been compared to Dante and Blake.

Author : Jennifer Bain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107076662

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Hildegard of Bingen and Musical Reception by Jennifer Bain Pdf

Jennifer Bain contextualizes the revival of Hildegard's music, engaging with intersections amongst local devotion and political, religious, and intellectual activity.

Author : Saint Hildegard
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1998-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0892816619

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Hildegard Von Bingen's Physica by Saint Hildegard Pdf

Saint, mystic, healer, visionary, and fighter, Hildegard von Bingen stands as one of the great figures in the history of women in medicine. She was renowned for her healing work and her original theories of medicine.

Author : Joseph L. Baird
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198042136

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The Personal Correspondence of Hildegard of Bingen by Joseph L. Baird Pdf

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable women of her day. From early childhood she experienced religious visions, and at the age of eight she entered a cloistered religious life in the Benedictine monastery of Disibondenberg. Eventually she not only became abbess of the community, but presided over the establishment of an important new convent near Bingen. All but forgotten for hundreds of years, Hildegard was rediscovered in the 1980s and since then her visionary writings have been widely read and studied. Even more surprisingly, music that she composed has been performed and recorded to great acclaim. She has come to be seen by some as a proto-feminist icon -- a woman of great accomplishments who made her own way in a man's world and exerted extraordinary influence over some of the most powerful figures of her time. Much of Hildegard's correspondence has been preserved. It reveals that for more than 30 years this cloistered nun was an unflinching adviser and correspondent to all levels of church and society, from popes and kings to ordinary lay persons, from Jerusalem to England. With the 2004 OUP publication of Volume III of Joseph Baird and Radd Ehrman's translation, the complete correspondence became available for the first time in English. For this new abridgement, Baird has selected 75 of the most interesting and revealing of the letters from Volumes I, II, and III. Freed from the organizational restraints of the Latin edition of the letters, he has arranged them in roughly chronological order and provided greatly expanded, accessibly written introductory notes that contextualize the letters and explain their significance. As a result, this fascinating collection serves as a kind of life in letters that makes an ideal introduction ot this exceptional woman, her world, and her work. This book is the first to give a thorough and definitive illlumination of the personal life of Hildegard of Bingen as viewed through the defining lens of her personal correspondence: her early, hesitant bid for recognition of her spiritual gifts; her courageous, and ultimately futile, fight to retain the companionship of her close personal friend and the poignant outcome of that struggle; her vehement defiance of the male hierarchy in her bid to establish her own communities under her personal governance; her impudent challenge to contemporary conservatives views by the dress and customs she established in her community; her paean of praise for the power of music; and her adamant refusal, even at the advanced age of eighty, to give in to the demands of the male authorities even in the face of excommunication.

Author : Saint Hildegard
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0809131307

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Hildegard of Bingen by Saint Hildegard Pdf

In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, and Islamic traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars and spiritual leaders.