Jutta and Hildegard: The Biographical Sources (Brepols Medieval Women Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0271019549 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 326 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-26 |
| Language | : | Latin |
DESCRIPTION:
This book presents in one volume the full range on biographical sources of the outstanding female religious figure of twelfth-century Germany, Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179). In addition it gives the English reading public the first in-depth view of Hildegard's spiritual mother, Jutta of Disibodenberg (1092–1136).Most documents appear in translation for the first time. Hildegard• Guibert's Revision of the Life of Hildegard• Charters of Rupertsberg• Canonization Proceedings. In addition to her accurate and sensitive translations, Silvas provides a detailed apparatus of up-to-date introductions, notes, and appendices.Included are the following documents:• Chronicles of Disibodenberg (selections)• Charters of Disibodenberg• Documents of Sponheim• Life of Jutta• Guibert's Letter 38 to Bovo (including his incomplete Life of Hildegard)• Life of Hildegard•Eight Readings to be read on the Feast of St. In particular, the Life of Jutta, which Hildegard herself instigated as a memorial to her spirit
Anna Silvas, formerly a member of a Benedictine monastic community, is a doctoral student in the School of Classics and History at the University of New England, Australia.
"Perfect book for my needs" according to celery. This book fit my need for a compact biography of Hildegard based on facts perfectly. The selections from the contemporary biographies of Jutta and Hildegard are great and the accompanying notes have helped immensely. The condition of the book is also great. Though used and marked, the book is marked lightly and highlighted--helpfully. Condition, then, is
Kalinke, Journal of English and Germanic Philology. “No more fitting book could inaugurate Brepols’s new series devoted to medieval women than this volume of documents pertaining to Hildegard van Bingen (1098–1179).”—Marianne E