The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen

Jennifer Bain is Professor of Music at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. She is author of Hildegard of Bingen and Musical Reception: the Modern Revival of a Medieval Composer (Cambridge University Press, 2015), and has published extensively on chant manuscripts, digital tools for chant research, reception history, and on the music of Guillaume de Machaut and Hildegard of Bingen.

'Cambridge Press has added Hildegard of Bingen to its prestigious collection of Cambridge Companion editions of essays. As the title promises, this is a valuable companion for anyone studying the far-ranging works of this medieval genius. … Covering so many dimensions of the life and work of Hildegard, this book is definitely a worthy companion for anyone wanting to journey into Hildegard's world.' Judith Sutera, OSB, Magistra

• Introduction to the Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen Jennifer Bain; Part I. Life and Monastic Context: 1. The life of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Michael Embach; 2. Living and working in a twelfth-century women's monastic community Alison Beach; 3. Literacy and learning in the lives of women religious of medieval Germany Lori Kruckenberg; Part II. Writings and Reputation: 4. Hildegard of Bingen's theology James Ginther; 5. Reading Hildegard of Bingen's letters Christopher Fletcher; 6. Hildegard of Bingen and the patriarchs, preaching greenness Peter Loewen; 7. Hildegard of Bingen: Illness and healing Faith Wallis; 8. The Pentachronon and Hildegard of Bingen's reputation as prophet Magda Hayton; 9. The context and reception of Hildegard of Bingen's visions Wendy Love Anderson; Part III. Music, Manuscripts, Illuminations and Scribes: 10. Music, liturgy and intertextuality in Hildegard of Bingen's chant repertory Jennifer Bain; 11. The Ordo virtutum and Benedictine monasticism Alison Altstatt; 12. Picturing Hildegard of Bingen's sight: Illuminating her visions Nathaniel Campbell; 13. Hildegard of Bingen and her scribes Margot Fassler.