Medievalists.net » Hildegard von Bingen http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Hildegard’s Cosmos and Its Music: Making a Digital Model for the Modern Planetarium http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/01/hildegards-cosmos-and-its-music-making-a-digital-model-for-the-modern-planetarium/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/01/hildegards-cosmos-and-its-music-making-a-digital-model-for-the-modern-planetarium/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2015 02:17:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=60138 The work reported on in this talk is a collaborative effort involving forces performative, scholarly, and technological. Because of the way Hildegard describes her understanding of the cosmos in the treatise Scivias, the model unfolds in two acts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/01/hildegards-cosmos-and-its-music-making-a-digital-model-for-the-modern-planetarium/feed/ 0 Hildegard of Bingen: Authorship and Stylometry http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/18/hildegard-bingen-authorship-stylometry/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/18/hildegard-bingen-authorship-stylometry/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2015 03:48:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56260 A documentary based on the article ‘Collaborative Authorship in the Twelfth Century. A Stylometric Study of Hildegard of Bingen and Guibert of Gembloux’

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/18/hildegard-bingen-authorship-stylometry/feed/ 0 Feminine Love in the Twelfth Century – A Case Study: The Mulier in the Lost Love Letters and the Work of Female Mystics http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/feminine-love-twelfth-century-case-study-mulier-lost-love-letters-work-female-mystics/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/feminine-love-twelfth-century-case-study-mulier-lost-love-letters-work-female-mystics/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:49:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54037 This article compares the twelfth-century writings of the secular mulier in the Lost Love Letters with the work of religious female ‘mystics’ to draw comparisons about the way these authors chose to express love.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/10/feminine-love-twelfth-century-case-study-mulier-lost-love-letters-work-female-mystics/feed/ 0 Hildegard of Bingen http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/hildegard-bingen/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/06/hildegard-bingen/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2014 04:07:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51699 Hildegard of Bingen stands out as a visionary and strong intellectual power of the Middle Ages. She was a writer letters to people of all rank and standing and of books on subjects ranging from theology to medicine, natural history, poetry and cosmology. She was also a composer, both of words and music. What really makes Hildegard extraordinary is she did this at a time when women rarely did these things.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/02/hildegard-of-bingen-a-star-shining-in-the-dark-ages/feed/ 0 Contextualizing Hildegard of Bingen’s Violent and Apocalyptic Imagery http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/03/contextualizing-hildegard-of-bingen%c2%b6s-violent-and-apocalyptic-imagery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/03/contextualizing-hildegard-of-bingen%c2%b6s-violent-and-apocalyptic-imagery/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:30:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41881 This essay focuses on the graphic and violent language of Hildegard's visions. I argue that Hildegard drew upon the political and ecclesiastical context in which she lived for her visionary experiences, rather than a fully developed form of salvation history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/03/contextualizing-hildegard-of-bingen%c2%b6s-violent-and-apocalyptic-imagery/feed/ 0 The Privileging of Visio over Vox in the Mystical Experiences of Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-privileging-of-visio-over-vox-in-the-mystical-experiences-of-hildegard-of-bingen-and-joan-of-arc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-privileging-of-visio-over-vox-in-the-mystical-experiences-of-hildegard-of-bingen-and-joan-of-arc/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 23:09:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41365 Even
 though
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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-privileging-of-visio-over-vox-in-the-mystical-experiences-of-hildegard-of-bingen-and-joan-of-arc/feed/ 0 Is truth more interesting than fiction? The conflict between veracity and dramatic impact in historical fiction http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/15/is-truth-more-interesting-than-fiction-the-conflict-between-veracity-and-dramatic-impact-in-historical-fiction/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/15/is-truth-more-interesting-than-fiction-the-conflict-between-veracity-and-dramatic-impact-in-historical-fiction/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:02:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38738 I do not wish to enlist, on either side, in the battle between historians and novelists. What I would like is to suggest a foray which may at first glance seem a minor skirmish, but which may significantly affect the way in which a writer portrays people who once lived, particularly famous people.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/15/is-truth-more-interesting-than-fiction-the-conflict-between-veracity-and-dramatic-impact-in-historical-fiction/feed/ 0 The Representation of Antichrist in Hildegard of Bingen’s Scivias http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/the-representation-of-antichrist-in-hildegard-of-bingens-scivias/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/the-representation-of-antichrist-in-hildegard-of-bingens-scivias/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:35:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38701 The image thatis the subjectof this essay is one of thirty-five miniatures that once illuminated the lost Rupertsberg manuscript (Wiesbaden, Hessisches Landesbibl., MS 1, ca. 1165-75), a deluxe copy of Scivias.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/the-representation-of-antichrist-in-hildegard-of-bingens-scivias/feed/ 0 The Satanic Phenomenon: Medieval Representations of Satan http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/30/the-satanic-phenomenon-medieval-representations-of-satan/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/30/the-satanic-phenomenon-medieval-representations-of-satan/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:46:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36828 The ever-evolving, interconnectedness of culture, religion, and superstition make for a truly unique theatrical experience in the middle ages. With limited understanding and access to scripture, medieval Christians generated a blended belief system, in order to make sense of the metaphysical world, which manifests itself in medieval drama‟s representations of Satan.

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