The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen

This specially commissioned collection of thirteen chapters explores
the life and works of Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), monastic
founder, leader of a community of nuns, composer, active correspondent,
and writer of religious visions, theological treatises, sermons,
and scientific and medical texts. Aimed at advanced
university students and new Hildegard researchers, the chapters provide
a broad context for Hildegard’s life and monastic setting and
offer comprehensive discussions on each of the main areas of her
output. Engagingly written by experts in medieval history, theology,
German literature, musicology, and the history of medicine, the
chapters are grounded in Hildegard’s twelfth-century context and
investigate her output within its monastic and liturgical environments,
her reputation during and after her life, and the materiality
of the transmission of her works, considering aspects of manuscript
layout, illumination, and scribal practices at her Rupertsberg
monastery.