Hildegard of Bingen, A Medieval Celebrity

Every era has its famous figures--Marylin Monroe, Charles Dickens, Elvis Presley, Voltaire--and the middle ages was no different. In the twelfth century Rhineland, one German nun was especially well known and was consulted for advice due to her unique divine gift. But beyond this, she was also a scientific and medical writer, a musical composer, a theologian, a reformer, a miracle worker, and even invented her own language and writing system. This woman was Hildegard of Bingen.

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Recommendations for further reading:
-Bain, Jennifer, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021).
-Baird, Joseph L. The Personal Correspondence of Hildegard of Bingen (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006) [A selection of Hildegard's letters with some commentary, a great intro to her letters. Baird has also translated the entire collection of letters with Radd K Ehrman, which is available in three volumes].
-Meconi, Honey. Hildegard of Bingen (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2018).
-Newman, Barbara. Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and her world (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998).



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Outro music: O frondens virga, from Hildegard's Ordo Virtutum. Performed by Wikimedia user Makemi.

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