The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen Volume I

by Hildegard of Bingen; Baird, Joseph L.; Ehrman, Radd K.

• ISBN13: 9780195121179
• ISBN10: 0195121171
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

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 indispensable to understanding fully this luminary of medieval philosophy, poetry, and music. In addition, they provide a fascinating glimpse at life in tumultuous twelfth-century Germany, beset with schism and political unrest. This first volume includes ninety letters to the highest ranking prelates in Hildegard's world--popes, archbishops, and bishops. Three following volumes will be divided according to the rank of the addressees.

Author Biography

Joseph L. Baird is Professor Ementus of Medieval Studies, and Radd K. Ehrman is Associate Professor of Classics, both at Kent State University

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(24)
Letter 1 Hildegard to Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux	27	(4)
Letter 1r Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux to Hildegard	31	(1)
Letter 2 Hildegard to Pope Eugenius	32	(1)
Letter 3 Hildegard to Pope Eugenius	33	(1)
Letter 4 Pope Eugenius to Hildegard	34	(2)
Letter 5 Hildegard to Pope Eugenius	36	(1)
Letter 6 Hildegard to Pope Eugenius	37	(2)
Letter 7 Hildegard to Bernard and Gregory, Cardinals	39	(2)
Letter 8 Hildegard to Pope Anastasius	41	(3)
Letter 9 Hildegard to Pope Hadrian	44	(1)
Letter 10 Hildegard to Pope Alexander III	45	(1)
Letter 10r Pope Alexander III to Wezelinus	46	(1)
Letter 11 Hildegard to Hartwig, Archbishop of Bremen	47	(1)
Letter 12 Hildegard to Hartwig, Archbishop of Bremen	48	(1)
Letter 13 Hartwig, Archbishop of Bremen, to Hildegard	49	(2)
Letter 13r Hildegard to Hartwig, Archbishop of Bremen	51	(1)
Letter 14 Arnold, Archbishop of Cologne, to Hildegard	52	(1)
Letter 14r Hildegard to Arnold, Archbishop of Cologne	53	(1)
Letter 15 Dean Philip and the Clerics of Cologne to Hildegard	53	(1)
Letter 15r Hildegard to the Shepherds of the Church	54	(11)
Letter 16 Philip, Archbishop of Cologne, to Hildegard	65	(1)
Letter 16r Hildegard to Philip, Archbishop of Cologne	66	(2)
Letter 17 Hildegard to Philip, Archbishop of Cologne	68	(1)
Letter 18 Heinrich, Archbishop of Mainz, to Hildegard	69	(1)
Letter 18r Hildegard to Heinrich, Archbishop of Mainz	70	(1)
Letter 19 Hildegard to Heinrich, Archbishop of Mainz	71	(1)
Letter 20 Arnold, Archbishop of Mainz, to Hildegard	71	(1)
Letter 20r Hildegard to Arnold, Archbishop of Mainz	72	(1)
Letter 21 Hildegard to Conrad, Archbishop of Mainz	73	(1)
Letter 22 Conrad, Archbishop of Mainz, to Hildegard	74	(1)
Letter 22r Hildegard to Conrad, Archbishop of Mainz	75	(1)
Letter 23 Hildegard to the prelates at Mainz	76	(4)
Letter 24 Hildegard to Christian, Archbishop of Mainz	80	(2)
Letter 24r Christian, Archbishop of Mainz, to Hildegard	82	(2)
Letter 25 Eberhard, Archbishop of Salzburg, to Hildegard	84	(1)
Letter 25r Hildegard to Eberhard, Archbishop of Salzburg	85	(1)
Letter 26 Hillinus, Archbishop of Trier, to Hildegard	86	(2)
Letter 26r Hildegard to Hillinus, Archbishop of Trier	88	(1)
Letter 27 Arnold, Archbishop of Trier, to Hildegard	89	(1)
Letter 27r Hildegard to Arnold, Archbishop of Trier	90	(2)
Letter 28 Hildegard to Arnold, Archbishop of Trier	92	(1)
Letter 29 Arnold, Superior of St. Andrew in Cologne, to Hildegard	93	(1)
Letter 30 Hildegard to Eberhard, Bishop of Bamberg	93	(1)
Letter 31 Eberhard, Bishop of Bamberg, to Hildegard	94	(1)
Letter 31r Hildegard to Eberhard, Bishop of Bamberg	95	(4)
Letter 32 Henry, Bishop of Beauvais, to Hildegard	99	(1)
Letter 32r Hildegard to Henry, Bishop of Beauvais	100	(1)
Letter 33 Hildegard to Gero, Bishop of Halberstadt	100	(1)
Letter 34 Amalricus, Bishop of Jerusalem, to Hildegard	101	(1)
Letter 35 Hermann, Bishop of Constance, to Hildegard	102	(1)
Letter 35r Hildegard to Hermann, Bishop of Constance	103	(1)
Letter 36 Hildegard to Hermann, Bishop of Constance	104	(1)
Letter 37 Heinrich, Bishop of Liege, to Hildegard	104	(1)
Letter 37r Hildegard to Heinrich, Bishop of Liege	105	(1)
Letter 38 Daniel, Bishop of Prague, to Hildegard	106	(1)
Letter 38r Hildegard to Daniel, Bishop of Prague	107	(1)
Letter 39 Odo of Soissons to Hildegard	108	(1)
Letter 39r Hildegard to Odo of Soissons	109	(1)
Letter 40 Odo of Soissons to Hildegard	109	(2)
Letter 40r Hildegard to Odo of Paris	111	(1)
Letter 41 Gunther, Bishop of Speyer, to Hildegard	112	(1)
Letter 41r Hildegard to Gunther, Bishop of Speyer	113	(1)
Letter 42 Hildegard to Godfrey, Bishop of Utrecht	114	(1)
Letter 43 Godfrey, Bishop of Utrecht, to Hildegard	115	(1)
Letter 43r Hildegard to Godfrey, Bishop of Utrecht	116	(1)
Letter 44 Adelbert, Bishop of Verdun, to Hildegard	117	(1)
Letter 45 Conrad, Bishop of Worms, to Hildegard	117	(1)
Letter 45r Hildegard to Conrad, Bishop of Worms	118	(1)
Letter 46 Hildegard to Abbot Wolfard	119	(1)
Letter 47 Hildegard to Prior Frederick	120	(1)
Letter 48 Godfrey the Monk to Hildegard	120	(1)
Letter 48r Hildegard to the Monk Godfrey	121	(1)
Letter 49 An Abbess to Hildegard	122	(1)
Letter 49r Hildegard to the Abbess	123	(1)
Letter 50 Abbess Sophia to Hildegard	123	(1)
Letter 50r Hildegard to the Abbess Sophia	124	(1)
Letter 51 Certain Monks to Hildegard	125	(2)
Letter 52 Mistress Tengswich to Hildegard	127	(1)
Letter 52r Hildegard to the Congregation of Nuns	128	(2)
Letter 53 Canon Udalric to Hildegard	130	(1)
Letter 53r Hildegard to Canon Udalric	131	(1)
Letter 54 Hildegard to Provost Andrew	131	(1)
Letter 55 An Abbot to Hildegard	132	(1)
Letter 55r Hildegard to the Abbot	133	(1)
Letter 56 Hildegard to an Abbot	134	(1)
Letter 57 Hildegard to an Abbot	134	(2)
Letter 58 Hildegard to Prior Dimo	136	(1)
Letter 59 Hildegard to the Congregation of Monks	137	(2)
Letter 60 An Abbot to Hildegard	139	(1)
Letter 61 An Abbess to Hildegard	139	(1)
Letter 61r Hildegard to the Abbess	140	(1)
Letter 62 Gertrude, a Nun, to Hildegard	141	(1)
Letter 62r Hildegard to the Nun Gertrude	142	(1)
Letter 63 Hildegard to the Congregation of Nuns	143	(1)
Letter 64 Hildegard to Abbess Richardis	143	(1)
Letter 65 Hildegard to a Certain Monk	144	(1)
Letter 66 A Certain Superior to Hildegard	145	(1)
Letter 66r Hildegard to the Superior	145	(1)
Letter 67 Hildegard to the Priest Berthold	146	(1)
Letter 68 Abbot Gedolphus to Hildegard	147	(1)
Letter 68r Hildegard to Abbot Gedolphus	148	(3)
Letter 69 Gedolphus to Hildegard	151	(1)
Letter 70 Five Abbots to Hildegard	152	(1)
Letter 70r Hildegard to the Five Abbots	153	(2)
Letter 71 Hildegard to an Abbot	155	(1)
Letter 72 The Abbot to Hildegard	156	(1)
Letter 72r Hildegard to the Abbot	157	(1)
Letter 73 Hildegard to the Congregation of Nuns	157	(1)
Letter 74 Abbot Kuno to Hildegard	158	(1)
Letter 74r Hildegard to Abbot Kuno	159	(3)
Letter 75 Hildegard to the Abbot	162	(1)
Letter 76 Abbot Helengerus to Hildegard	163	(1)
Letter 76r Hildegard to Abbot Helengerus	164	(1)
Letter 77 Abbot Helengerus to Hildegard	165	(1)
Letter 77r Hildegard to Abbot Helengerus	166	(6)
Letter 78 Prior Adelbert to Hildegard	172	(1)
Letter 78r Hildegard to the Congregation of Monks	173	(3)
Letter 79 Hildegard to a Certain Monk	176	(1)
Letter 80 Morard, Monk, to Hildegard	176	(1)
Letter 80r Hildegard to the Monk Morard	177	(1)
Letter 81 Hildegard to the Abbot Ruthard	178	(1)
Letter 82 Abbot Eberhard to Hildegard	179	(1)
Letter 83 The Congregation of Monks to Hildegard	180	(1)
Letter 83r Hildegard to the Congregation of Monks	180	(1)
Letter 84 A Prior to Hildegard	181	(2)
Letter 84r Hildegard to the Prior	183	(8)
Letter 85 Abbot Adam to Hildegard	191	(1)
Letter 85r/a Hildegard to Abbot Adam	192	(3)
Letter 85r/b Hildegard to Adam, the Abbot	195	(1)
Letter 86 Hildegard to Adam, Abbot	196	(1)
Letter 87 A Certain Monk to Hildegard	197	(1)
Letter 87r/a Hildegard to the Secretary	198	(1)
Letter 87r/b Hildegard to the Secretary	199	(1)
Letter 88 Hildegard to a Hospitaler	199	(1)
Letter 89 Hildegard to Rudeger, the Monk	200	(1)
Letter 90 Hildegard to a Certain Monk	201	(2)
Endnotes	203	(14)
Bibliography	217	(4)
Scripture Index	221	(2)
General Index	223