ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |73 pages
The Social World and the Natural World
chapter |21 pages
Hildegard of Bingen's Causes and Cures
A Radical Feminist Response to the Doctor-Cook Binary
part |99 pages
Worlds Beyond: Poetry, Visions, and Music
part |79 pages
Echoes of Hildegard: The Fourteenth Century and Beyond
chapter |27 pages
Two “Sisters in Wisdom”
Hildegard of Bingen, Christina Rossetti, and Feminist Theology
