This volume provides an introduction to Hildegard and her works, with a focus on the historical, literary, and religious context of the seer’s writings and mu

This volume explores the extraordinary life and works of Hildegard of Bingen, medieval writer, composer, visionary, and monastic founder.

Hildegard was an abbess, a counselor to kings and popes, a homeopathic healer, a composer, a renowned preacher, the author of nine major books, and the founder

Since her death in 1179, Hildegard of Bingen has commanded attention in every century. In this book Jennifer Bain traces the historical reception of Hildegard,

Hildegard of Bingen recognized what the holistic health movement has only recently restored to our consciousness: that full health can only be experienced in a