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1 online resource (242 pages) |
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Contents; Introduction; Letter 1 Hildegard to Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux; Letter 1r: Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux to Hildegard; Letter 2 Hildegard to Pope Eugenius; Letter 3 Hildegard to Pope Eugenius; Letter 4 Pope Eugenius to Hildegard; Letter 5 Hildegard to Pope Eugenius; Letter 6 Hildegard to Pope Eugenius; Letter 7 Hildegard to Bernard and Gregory, Cardinals; Letter 8 Hildegard to Pope Anastasius; Letter 9 Hildegard to Pope Hadrian; Letter 10 Hildegard to Pope Alexander III; Letter 10r: Pope Alexander III to Wezelinus; Letter 11 Hildegard to Hartwig, Archbishop of Bremen |
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Letter 12 Hildegard to Hartwig, Archbishop of BremenLetter 13 Hartwig, Archbishop of Bremen, to Hildegard; Letter 13r: Hildegard to Hartwig, Archbishop of Bremen; Letter 14 Arnold, Archbishop of Cologne, to Hildegard; Letter 14r: Hildegard to Arnold, Archbishop of Cologne; Letter 15 Dean Philip and the Clerics of Cologne to Hildegard; Letter 15r: Hildegard to the Shepherds of the Church; Letter 16 Philip, Archbishop of Cologne, to H |
| Summary |
The first translation into English of the complete correspondence of the remarkable twelfth-century Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), this study consists of nearly four hundred letters, in four projected volumes. Addressed to some of the most notable people of the day, as well as to some of humble status, the correspondence reveals the saint in ways her more famous works leave obscure: as determined reformer, as castigating seer, as theoretical musician, as patient adviser, as exorcist. Sometimes diffident and restrained, sometimes thunderously imperious, her letters are indi |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179. Correspondence.
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| SUBJECT |
Correspondence (Hildegard, Saint) fast |
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Christian saints -- Germany -- Correspondence
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Christian saints
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
Personal correspondence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baird, Joseph L
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Ehrman, Radd K
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| ISBN |
9780195352979 |
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0195352971 |
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