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Drawing on contemporary sources, the text unfolds Hildegard's life from the time of her entrance into an anchoress's cell--where a woman would remain in pious isolation--to her death as a famed visionary and writer, abbess and confidante of popes and kings, more than seventy years later. Against this background the author explores Hildegard's vast creative work, encompassing theology, medicine, natural history, poetry, and music.

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A Renaissance woman long before the Renaissance, the visionary Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) corresponded with Europe's elite, founded and led a noted women's religious community, and wrote on topics ranging from theology to natural history. Yet we know her best as Western music's most accomplished early composer, responsible for a wealth of musical creations for her fellow monastics. Honey Meconi draws on her own experience as a scholar and performer of Hildegard's music to explore the life and work of this foundational figure. Combining historical detail with musical analysis, Meconi delves into Hildegard's mastery of plainchant, her innovative musical drama, and her voluminous writings. Hildegard's distinctive musical style still excites modern listeners through wide-ranging, sinuous melodies set to her own evocative poetry. Together with her passionate religious texts, her music reveals a holistic understanding of the medieval world still relevant to today's readers.

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Long description: Ausgehend von der Aussage Hildegards von Bingen (1098-1179), sie habe in ihren Visionen „Einsicht in die Auslegung der Schriften“ gewonnen, fragt die Studie nach dem Verhältnis der bilderreichen Visionen zur Sinnerschließung der Heiligen Schrift. Diese Frage wird in einer Untersuchung der Schrifthermeneutik in Hildegards Werk geklärt. Schrifthermeneutik wird als Rekonstruktion der mittelalterlichen Form der philosophischen Hermeneutik definiert. Diese Definition beruht zum einen auf den Ansichten Hans-Georg Gadamers und Paul Ricoeurs, die auf den hermeneutischen Charakter menschlichen Daseins verwiesen haben; zum anderen auf der Überzeugung, dass bereits im Mittelalter Reflexionen über den Verstehensprozess und dessen Relevanz für das Gelingen menschlichen Lebens zu finden sind. Die strukturelle Analyse des Visionswerkes Hildegards und philosophiehistorische Vergleiche mit anderen verwandten bzw. zeitgenössischen Positionen ergeben das Modell des hermeneutischen Geschehens der Visionen, in das die Heilige Schrift als ein konstitutives Element integriert wird: Hildegards visio als intellectus im Bild. Durch das hermeneutische Prinzip der Bildverfremdung, das die Wiederholung der Ausdrucksgestalt der Bibel bedeutet, lässt sich Hildegards Werk mit Hilfe der Metapher als ein Metakommentar bezeichnen. Damit zeigt die Studie Hildegards Antwort auf die Frage nach den Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der menschlichen Gotteserkenntnis und der Gottesrede. In Hildegards Position erweist sich die symbolische Vermitteltheit als notwendige Bedingung für den Umgang mit dem Transzendenten.

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This book analyses how the three books of visions by Hildegard of Bingen use the allegorical vision as a form of knowledge. It describes how the visionary’s use of allegory and allegorical exegesis is linked to theories of cognition, interpretation, and prophecy. It argues that the form of the allegorical vision is not just the product of a medieval symbolic mentality, but specific to Hildegard’s position and the major transformations taking place in the prescholastic intellectual milieu, such as the changing use of Scripture or the shift from traditional hermeneutics to cognitive language philosophy. The book shows that Hildegard uses traditional forms of knowledge – prophecy, the vision, monastic theology, allegorical hermeneutics – in startlingly innovative ways by combining them and by revising them for her own time. Dinah Wouters received her PhD in Latin literature from Ghent University, Belgium. She co-founded the research group RELICS and the open access journal JOLCEL, which promotes the study of Latin literature as a European literature. Her current project studies the impact of early modern Latin drama on a European scale.

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Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) would have been an extraordinary person in any age. But for a woman of the twelfth century her achievements were so exceptional that posterity has found it hard to take her measure. Barbara Newman, a premier Hildegard authority, brings major scholars together to present an accurate portrait of the Benedictine nun and her many contributions to twelfth-century religious, cultural, and intellectual life. Written by specialists in fields ranging from medieval theology to medicine to music, these essays offer an understanding of how one woman could transform so many of the traditions of the world in which she lived. Hildegard of Bingen was the only woman of her age accepted as an authoritative voice on Christian doctrine as well as the first woman permitted by the pope to write theological books. She was the author of the first known morality play; an artist of unusual talents; the most prolific chant composer of her era; and the first woman to write extensively on natural science and medicine, including sexuality as seen from a female perspective. She was the only woman of her time to preach openly to mixed audiences of clergy and laity, and the first saint whose biography includes a first-person memoir. Adding to the significance of this volume is the fact that Hildegard's oeuvre reflects the entire sweep of twelfth-century culture and society. Scholars and lay readers alike will find this collection a rich introduction to a remarkable figure and to her tumultuous world. With the commemoration of the 900th anniversary of Hildegard's birth in September 1998, the publication of Voice of the Living Light is especially welcome.

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