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Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Timeline for Hildegard of Bingen's Life and Works; The Region of Hildegard of Bingen; Introduction; What Do We Know About the Life of Jutta and Hildegard at Disibodenberg and Rupertsberg?; St Disibod and the History of the Disibodenberg up to the Beginning of the 12th Century; Hildegard of Bingen and the Hirsau reform in Germany 1080-1180; Unequal Twins: Visionary Attitude and Monastic Culture in Elisabeth of Schönau and Hildegard of Bingen; Hildegard, the Schools, and their Critics

Intertextuality in Hildegard's Works: Ezekiel and the Claim to Prophetic AuthorityHearing the Heavenly Symphony: An Overview of Hildegard's Musical Oeuvre with Case Studies; Hildegard as Musical Hagiographer: Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek Ms. 103 and Her Songs for Saints Disibod and Ursula; The Theology of Repentance: Observations on the Liber vite meritorum; The Medical, the Magical, and the Miraculous in the Healing Arts of Hildegard of Bingen; Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179): A History of Reception; The Canonization and Doctorization of Hildegard of Bingen

Notes on Hildegard's "Unknown" Language and WritingBibliography; Index

This volume presents facets of the historical persona and cultural significance of Hildegard of Bingen, named Doctor of the Church in 2012. Its essays explore the historical, literary, and religious context of her oeuvre and examine understudied aspects of her works.