Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen - hĭlˈdəgärthˌ, bĭngˈən, 1098–1179, German nun, mystic, composer, writer, and cultural figure, known as the Sibyl of the Rhine. An aristocrat educated in a Benedictine convent, she began experiencing mystical visions as a child. Entering religious life c.1116, she became an abbess in 1136 and founded her own convent Read More...

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Hildegard of Bingen: Visions and Validation, in Church History
by Barbara Newman. 13 pgs.

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Hildegard of Bingen on Gender and the Priesthood, in Church History
by Augustine Thompson. 16 pgs.

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Women Mystics in Medieval Europe (Part I "Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)")
by Emilie Zum Brunn, Georgette Epiney-Burgard, Sheila Hughes. 236 pgs.

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List of Maps and Illustrations

Abbreviations

Introduction

PART I Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Introduction

Excerpts from Hildegard's Works

PART II Mechthild of Magdeburg (ca. 1207-ca. 1294)

Introduction

Excerpts from Mechthild of Magdeburg's "The Flowing Light of the Godhead."

PART III Beatrice of Nazareth (1200-1268)

Introduction

Excerpts from Beatrice of Nazareth's "Vita" and "The Seven Manners"

PART IV: Hadewijch of Antwerp (13th Century)

Introduction

Excerpts from the Works of Hadewijch I and Hadewijch II

PART V Marguerite Porete: (d. 1310)

Introduction

Marguerite Porete's "Approbatio" and Excerpts from "The Mirror of Simple Souls"

Conclusion

Notes

Suggested Reading

Bibliography

Index
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Visionary Women: Three Medieval Mystics ("Hildegard of Bingen" begins on p. 6)
by Rosemary Radford Ruether. 81 pgs.

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Preface

Three Medieval Mystics

Hildegard of Bingen

Mechthild of Magdeburg

Julian of Norwich

Notes

Further Reading
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Dear Sister: Medieval Women and the Epistolary Genre ("Visions and Rhetorical Strategy in the Letters of Hildegard of Bingen" begins on p. 46)
by Karen Cherewatuk, Ulrike Wiethaus. 222 pgs.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: Women Writing Letters In The Middle Ages

Radegund and Epistolary Tradition

Visions and Rhetorical Strategy In the Letters of Hildegard of Bingen

Wholly Guilty, Wholly Innocent: Self-Definition in Héloïses Letters To Abélard

Io Catarina: Ecclesiastical Politics And Oral Culture in the Letters of Catherine Of Siena

No Writing for Writing's Sake: The Language of Service and Household Rhetoric in the Letters of the Paston Women.

Seulette a Part -- the Little Woman On the Sidelines Takes Up Her Pen: The Letters of Christine De Pizan

If I Had an Iron Body: Femininity And Religion in the Letters of Maria De Hout

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Medieval Women's Visionary Literature (Chap. III "Visionaries of the Early Twelfth Century: Christina of Markyate, Hildegard of Bingen, and St. Elisabeth of Schonau")
by Elizabeth Alvilda Petroff. 402 pgs.

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These pages capture a thousand years of devotional and visionary writing by medieval women. The writers come from all different backgrounds and traditions, and they include founders of religious communities, hermits and recluses, wives and mothers, wandering teachers, heretics and reformers. What they all had in common was a belief that they had been chosen to speak, and here we have the evidence of their visions and experiences of the divine. Covering a span of time from late antiquity to the 15th century, the writings include examples of lyric poetry, drama (including the first play written by a woman), epics, saints' lives, and letters. as well as some newly invented genres such as the spiritual autobiography, the guide to prayer, progression of visions, and in Inquisition depositions. A new portrait of the female writer in the Middle Ages emerges, a more accurate portrait than was ever before possible, as many of these texts have either been out of print or are here translated for the first time. We see women writers of the Middle Ages doing what they did best: writing devotional, visionary, and erotic literature from a very personal viewpoint, and what they say to the modern reader has much to do with nature of creativity and the creative experience of women.

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Introduction: The Visionary Tradition in Women's Writings: Dialogue and Autobiography

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I Women in the Early Church: St. Perpetua and St. Macrina

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St. Perpetua (died Carthage, C A.D. 203): The Passion of Ss. Perpetua and Felcitas

St. Macrina (c. A.D. 327-379, Cappadocia, Greece): The Life of St. Macrina, by St. Gregory of Nyssa

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Ii Holy Women and the Christianizing of Europe: Hugeberc of Hildesheim, St. Leoba, and Hrotsvit of Gandersheim

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Hugeberc of Hildesheim (8th Century A.D; Born Wessex; Died Germany): The Hodoeporicon of St. Willibald

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St. Leoba (c. A.D. 700-779; Born Wessex; Died Germany): The Life of St. Leoba, by Rudolf, Monk of Fulda

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (c. A.D. 932-C. A.D. 1000; Germany): Pelagius

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Abraham

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Iii Visionaries of the Early Twelfth Century: Christina of Markyate, Hildegard of Bingen, and St. Elisabeth of Schönau

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Christina of Markyate (1096-8-1160; England): Of S. Theodora, a Virgin, Who is Also Called Christina

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Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179; Germany): The Visions of St. Hildegarde: Extracts from the Scivias

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Hildegard of Bingen: Liturgical Songs

St. Elisabeth of SchÖnau (1129-1165; Germany): Visions -- Book Two

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Iv New Styles of Feminine Spirituality -- the Beguine Movement: Marie D'Oignies, Christina Mirabilis, Hadewijch of Brabant, and Beatrijs of Nazareth

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Marie D'Oignies (1177-1213; Brabant-Flanders): The Life of Marie D'Oignies, by Jacques De Vitry

Christina Mirabilis (1150-1224; Brabant-Flanders): The Life of Christina of St. Trond, Called Christina Mirabilis, by Thomas De Cantimpré

Hadewijch of Brabant (first Half of Thirteenth Century; Antwerp): Letters to a Young Beguine

Hadewijch of Brabant: Visions

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Beatrijs of Nazareth (c. 1200-1268; Antwerp): There Are Seven Manners of Loving

V Beguine Spirituality and the Convent of Helfta: Mechthild of Magdeburg and St. Gertrude the Great

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Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207-1282; Germany): Selections from the Flowing Light of the Godhead

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St. Gertrude the Great (1241-1298; Germany): Part II of the Revelations of St. Gertrude

Chapter Xxiv. Conclusion of This Book.

VI: Women and Spirituality in Medieval Italy St. Clare of Assisi, St. Agnes of Assisi, St. Umilità of Faenza, Blessed Angela of Foligno, and St. Catherine of Siena

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St. Clare of Assisi (1196-1253; Italy): The Testament of St. Clare

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St. Agnes of Assisi (1198-1254; Italy): Letter to St. Clare

St. UmiltÀ of Faenza (1126-1310; Italy): Sermons

Blessed Angela of Foligno (1248-1309; Italy) from the Liber De Vere Fidelium Experientia: (the Book of the Experience of the Truly Faithful)

St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380; Italy): Letters

Vii Women, Heresy, and Holiness in Early Fourteenth-Century France: Na Prous Boneta, Marguerite D'Oingt, and Marguerite Porete

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Na Prous Boneta (1290-1325; Carcassone, France): The Confession of Na Prous Boneta, Heretic and Heresiarch, Carcassone, France, 6 August 1325

Marguerite D'Oingt (died 1310; Poleteins Near Lyon): The Mirror of St. Marguerite D'Oingt

Marguerite Porete (died Paris, 1310): From the Mirror of Simple Souls Who Are Annihilated and Who Only Remain in the Will and Desire for Love

Viii Women Writers of the Late Fourteenth Century -- Seeking Models: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Doña Leonor López De Córdoba, and Christine De Pizan

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Julian of Norwich (1343-1413; England): From Showings (long Text)

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Margery Kempe (1373-1439; England): From the Book of Margery Kempe

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DoÑa Leonor LÓpez De CÓrdoba (c. 1362-C. 1412; Spain): The Memories of Doña Leonor López De Córdoba

Christine De Pizan (1363-1429? France) Selections from the Works of Christine De Pizan: The Lavision-Christine, 1405

Christine De Pizan: The One Hundred Ballads (1393-1399?)

Christine De Pizan Romance of the Rose: Christine's Response to the Treatise on the Romance of the Rose by John of Montrevil, June-July 1401: the First Extant Combative Document in the Debate

Ix Individual and Collective Reformation at the End of the Middle Ages: Magdelena Beutler of Freiburg and Mary of Nijmeghen

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Magdalena Beutler of Freiburg (1407-1458; Germany): From the Life of Magdalena Beutler

Anna Bijns Attributed (fourteenth or Fifteenth Century; Dutch): Mary of Nijmeghen

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Women Writers in German-Speaking Countries: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook ("Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) Germany" begins on p. 69)
by Elke P. Frederiksen, Elizabeth G. Ametsbichler. 566 pgs.

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Women have contributed to the literature of German-speaking countries since the Middle Ages, and they continue to write important works at the close of the 20th century. While research on texts by women writers in German-speaking countries has increased substantially, most of these authors remain virtually unknown to English-speaking scholars and students. The first work of its kind in English, this reference book contains alphabetically arranged entries for 54 Austrian, German, and Swiss women writers--such as Hrotsvit von Gandersheim, Louise Aston, Elfriede Jelinek, and Erica Pedretti--from the tenth century to the present day. Each entry includes a biography, a discussion of major themes, a survey of criticism, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. An introductory essay overviews the history of literature by women in German-speaking countries, and an extensive bibliography concludes the volume.

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Introduction: a Multiplicity of Voices

Worm Cited

Ilse Aichinger (1921- ) Austria

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Lou Andreas- SalomÉ (1861-1937) Germany/Russia

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Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1817-1884) Germany/Usa

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Bettina Brentano-Von Armin (1785-1859) Germany

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Louise Aston (1814-1871) Germany

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Rose AuslÄnder (1901-1988) Austria-Hungary/Germany

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Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973) Austria

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Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179) Germany

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Charlotte Birchpfeiffer (1800-1868) Germany

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Hedwig Dohm (1831-1919) Germany

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Hilde Domin (1912- ) Germany

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Ingeborg Drewitz (1923-1986) Germany

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Annette Von Drostc-HÜlshoff (1797-1848) Germany

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Marie Von Ebner- Eschenbach (1830-1916) Austria

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Marieluise Fleißer (1901-1974) Germany

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Barbara Frischmuth (1941- ) Austria

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Hrotsvit Von Gandersheim (ca. 935-Ca. 1002) Germany

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"Luise Gottsched (1713-1762) Germany

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Catharina Regina Von Greiffenberg (1633-1694) Austria/Germany

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Karoline Von GÜnderrode (1780-1806) Germany

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Ida Hahn-Hahn (1805-1880) Germany

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Elfriede Jelinek (1946-) Austria

Anna Louisa Karsch (1722-1791) Germany

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Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901-1974) Germany

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Marie-ThÉrÈse Kerschbaumer (1936- ) Austria

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Irmgard Keun (1905-1982) Germany

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Sarah Kirsch (1935-) Germany

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Gertrud Kolmar (1894-1943) Germany

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Helga KÖnigsdorf (1938-) Germany

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Elisabeth LanggÄsser (1899-1950) Germany

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Sophie Von La Roche (1730-1807) Germany

Major Themes and Narrative/Poetic Strategies

Else Lasker- SchÜler (1869-1945) Germany/Israel

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Fanny Lewald (1811-1889) Germany

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Mechthild Von Magdeburg (ca. 1210-Ca. 1294) Germany

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Monika Maron (1941- ) Germany

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Sophie Mereau (1770-1806) Germany

LibuŠe MonÍkovÁ (1945- ) Czech Republic/Germany

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Irmtraud Morgner (1933-1990) Germany

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Louise Otto-Peters (1819-1895) Germany

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Erica Pedreth (1930- ) Moravia/Switzerland

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Christa Reinig (1926- ) Germany

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Gerlind Reinshagen (1926- ) Germany

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Gabriele Reuter (1859-1941) Germany

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Luise Rinser (1911- ) Germany

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Nelly Sachs (1891-1970) Germany/Sweden

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Dorothea Schlegel (1764-1839) Germany

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Caroline Schlegel- Schelling (1763-1809) Germany

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Johanna Schopenhauier (1766-1838) Germany

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Anna Maria Van Schurman (1607-1678) Germany/The Netherlands

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Anna Seghers (1900-1983) Germany

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Verena Stefan (1947- ) Switzerland/Germany

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Rahel Levin Varnhagen (1771-1833) Germany

Gabrielle Wohmann (1932- ) Germany

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Chirta Wolf (1929- ) Germany

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Appendix: List of Authors by Date

Selected Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

Title Index

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Modern Esoteric Spirituality ("Alain de Lille, Saint Hildegard, Honorius" begins on p. 29)
by Antoine Faivre, Jacob Needleman. 418 pgs.

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Preface to the Series

Introduction II

1: Ancient and Medieval Sources of Modern Esoteric Movements

2: Alchemical Esotericism and the Hermeneutics of Culture

3: Natural Science in the Age of Romanticism

4: Renaissance Kabbalah

5: Paracelsus and His Followers Heinrich Schipperges

6: Rosicrucianism: from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century Roland Edighoffer

7: Jacob Boehme and His Followers

8: Freemasonry and Esotericism

9: The Primitive Characteristics of Nineteenth-Century Esotericism

10: Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy

11: Theosophy and the Theosophical Society

12: René Guénon and the Traditionalist School

13: G. I. Gurdjieff and His School

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14: C. G. Jung in the Context of Christian Esotericism and Cultural History

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Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns through Two Millennia (Chap. 12 "The Alchemy of Mysticism")
by Jo Ann Kay McNamara. 754 pgs.

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SISTERS IN ARMS is the first definitive history of Catholic nuns in the Western world. Unfolding century by century, this epic drama encompasses every period from the dawn of Christianity to the present. "An engrossing and challenging work . . . McNamara gives us a history of women's rights--and the lack of them--by focusing on religious women since the birth of Christ. . . . "--Antonia Fraser, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW.

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Introduction: Chastity and Female Identity

I: The Roman Empire

1: The Apostolic Life

2: Cult and Countercult

3: The Discipline of the Desert

II: The Early Middle Ages

4: The Power of Prayer

5: The Frontier Outpost

6: The Bonds of Castimony

7: Family Ties

8: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil

III: The High Middle Ages

9: The Imitation of Christ

10: Cura Mulierum

11: Disordered Women

12: The Alchemy of Mysticism

13: The Tears of the Magdalene

IV: The Early Modern Era

14: Regular Lives

15: Defenders of Faith

16: Martha's Part

17: The Mystical Regiment

18: The Sweetness of Life

V: Modern Times

19: Culture Wars

20: The Feminine Apostolate

Conclusion: Toward a Third Millennium

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Notes

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Currents of Mediaeval Thought: With Special Reference to Germany ("Thinkers and Reformers" begins on p. 90)
by Michael Seidlmayer, D. Barker. 178 pgs.

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General Bibliography and Abbreviation

Chapter I from Late Antiquity to Charles the Great Foundations and Synopsis of the Period

Chapter II Mediaeval Western Christendom from the Carolingian Renaissance to the Beginnings of Courtly Civilization

Chapter III the First Secular Culture the Hohenstaufen Period

Chapter IV the Decline from the End of the Hohenstaufen Period to the Reformation

Index of Names
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Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians ("Hildegard of Bingen" begins on p. 247)
by Patrick W. Carey, Joseph T. Lienhard. 589 pgs.

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The last 20 centuries of Christian history have witnessed the emergence of numerous theological traditions. This reference provides alphabetically arranged entries for more than 450 Christian theologians. Included are entries for those individuals whose work was primarily in systematic and spiritual theology, or who were church historians chiefly concerned with theological matters. Whenever possible, each entry provides basic biographical information, a brief account of the theologian's education and career, and a summary of the person's most important contributions to theology. The entries end with bibliographies of primary and secondary sources, while the volume concludes with a selected, general bibliography.

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A Reference Companion to the History of Abnormal Psychology ("Hildegard of Bingen, Saint (1098?-1179)" begins on p. 427)
by John G. Howells, M. Livia Osborn. 576 pgs.

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