A Medieval Celebrity | Hildegard of Bingen

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  • Опубліковано 17 лют 2024
  • Every era has its famous figures--Marylin Monroe, Charles Dickens, Elvis Presley, Voltaire--and the middle ages was no different. In the twelfth century Rhineland, one German nun was especially well known and was consulted for advice due to her unique divine gift. But beyond this, she was also a scientific and medical writer, a musical composer, a theologian, a reformer, a miracle worker, and even invented her own language and writing system. This woman was Hildegard of Bingen.
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    Recommendations for further reading:
    -Bain, Jennifer, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021).
    -Baird, Joseph L. The Personal Correspondence of Hildegard of Bingen (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006) [A selection of Hildegard's letters with some commentary, a great intro to her letters. Baird has also translated the entire collection of letters with Radd K Ehrman, which is available in three volumes].
    -Meconi, Honey. Hildegard of Bingen (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2018).
    -Newman, Barbara. Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and her world (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998).
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    Outro music: O frondens virga, from Hildegard's Ordo Virtutum. Performed by Wikimedia user Makemi.
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  • @TriBgarage
    @TriBgarage 5 місяців тому +36

    Once again, I was not aware of any of this. A very impressive woman, especially in those times.

  • @studiumhistoriae
    @studiumhistoriae  4 місяці тому +5

    I feel this is probably the best place to wish everyone a happy international women's day!

  • @2BNov
    @2BNov 5 місяців тому +22

    You’re doing some incredibly quality work, both with your scholarship and production, and you deserve way more views. Hyped to see more!

  • @seagull653
    @seagull653 5 місяців тому +13

    this randomly got recommended to me by the algorithm and it was awesome!

  • @MossyMozart
    @MossyMozart 5 місяців тому +37

    The " Hildegarde von Blingen' " channel (yes, that's the way it's spelled, apostrophe and all) features a woman with an ethereal voice who sings and arranges popular songs in a Medieval style, "Bardcore". She has also performed some of the actual Hildegard's music. It's all very lovely. I believe the creator also does the Medieval-style drawings that accompany the songs.

    • @studiumhistoriae
      @studiumhistoriae  5 місяців тому +13

      Yep, I'm familiar with her work. The thumbnail for this video was a bit of a reference to her channel

    • @veryberry39
      @veryberry39 4 місяці тому +4

      I actually thought that's what this video was about, until I clicked. 🫠

  • @michal_placzek
    @michal_placzek 5 місяців тому +11

    Congratulations on making a well balanced, fact informed video! It's always tricky with religious figures but you have managed to make it masterfully.

  • @kaytewilliamson935
    @kaytewilliamson935 5 місяців тому +19

    i know her from her inclusion of minerals in her medical remedies, i read about her once while doing some research for a paper i was writing on women in geology

    • @studiumhistoriae
      @studiumhistoriae  5 місяців тому +6

      Her discussion of minerals is truly one of the most fascinating aspects of her already fascinating works!

    • @TheTastefulThickness
      @TheTastefulThickness 2 місяці тому

      Of course you were researching women in geology lol.

    • @TheAllyathome
      @TheAllyathome 2 місяці тому

      @@studiumhistoriae which of her books is this in?

    • @studiumhistoriae
      @studiumhistoriae  2 місяці тому +2

      @@TheAllyathome the Physica

    • @TheAllyathome
      @TheAllyathome 2 місяці тому

      @@studiumhistoriae nice. I do have this one. Thanks!

  • @camell6280
    @camell6280 2 місяці тому +3

    A woman way ahead of her time, or even ours. St Hildegard, pray for us!

  • @TheAllyathome
    @TheAllyathome 2 місяці тому +3

    I am a herbalist and a colleague introduced me to her work in health a few years ago. She was then instrumental in my return to the Catholic Church! Loved your summary on her life. I have a few of her books and will go back to reading them again as you just inspired me to get to know her work more deeply. She is an amazing woman in so many ways and I love the was a fellow herbalist. Do you have a favourite book of hers? 🕊️

  • @paulkeitzke2064
    @paulkeitzke2064 2 місяці тому +2

    Kudos! Excellent summary-bio of one of the most brilliant women and mystics of all time, Hildegard von Bingen. Only wish you would have included some of her music! Well, well done!

  • @debbieolagues5283
    @debbieolagues5283 5 місяців тому +8

    This was so fascinating. I had heard of her but still did now know much about her. Thank you for sharing this information.

  • @sherrismith8874
    @sherrismith8874 4 місяці тому +1

    I somehow discovered Hildegard's music years ago, and then a relative did some genealogical work on our family, and I learned that I have a maternal ancestor from Staudernheim, a village not very far from Disibodenberg. I was excited about that very distant connection to Hildegard.

  • @marcellakirwan7148
    @marcellakirwan7148 10 днів тому

    Many thanks for making this intelligent and informative video. It is a joy to listen to.

  • @IonutPaun-lp2zq
    @IonutPaun-lp2zq Місяць тому

    Excellent video and very well researched. Well done.

  • @alexandramaclachlan7597
    @alexandramaclachlan7597 Місяць тому

    Reminds me of the Oracle of Delphi! Brill' video homie, good onya Hildegaarde!

  • @bopspots2561
    @bopspots2561 Місяць тому

    Thank you!!! What a great documented information.

  • @juliang3995
    @juliang3995 2 місяці тому +1

    Great video, thank you so much. Very masterful exposition.

  • @autieglow
    @autieglow 2 місяці тому

    I was lucky enough that my mum had a CD of HVB’s music which I listened to, repeatedly, as a kid. My fascination with her has only grown over time. What a marvelous video! Fantastic work and an immediate subscribe!

  • @_Wombat
    @_Wombat 5 місяців тому +5

    great thumbnail :D

  • @seanbogs
    @seanbogs Місяць тому

    This is the first one of your videos i've encountered and wow , i'm so Impressed.And I cannot wait to see what other topics you cover in the future

  • @Rm9512
    @Rm9512 5 місяців тому +5

    love this kind of content. and the way you present the information kept me engaged! subscribed, can't wait to watch more.

    • @studiumhistoriae
      @studiumhistoriae  5 місяців тому +2

      I'm glad you liked it! This kind of feedback is always encouraging

  • @janedoe8983
    @janedoe8983 4 місяці тому +2

    Excellent and interesting. THANK YOU for not h having competing background music. Have subscribed

  • @gather.sip.flourish
    @gather.sip.flourish 4 місяці тому

    Hi! Love your channel, thanks for such good work🎉

  • @michaelgrover6157
    @michaelgrover6157 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for this!

  • @KafkasShore
    @KafkasShore 5 місяців тому +2

    I absolutely love your historical content. I sure hope you will gather more of a following soon. I especially like your further reading recommendations. For an even more academic approach, I personally would appreciate seeing sources on the lower bottom of the video. Not a must, of course, rarely anyone does this. But it would make it easier for an academic audience to check for accuracy. Thank you, I am subscribed now.

    • @studiumhistoriae
      @studiumhistoriae  5 місяців тому +1

      I'm glad you enjoy my videos! I have contemplated having direct "footnotes" in them, but ultimately I've decided to go the more encyclopedic route with the recommended readings kind of like you'd see reading the encyclopedia Britannica.
      A big part of that is just how much more time it would take and I figure that the majority of my UA-cam audience are approaching it more casually anyway, while I include recommendations for those who want to look into it deeper or have a more academic interest.

  • @matheuspinho4987
    @matheuspinho4987 5 місяців тому +2

    Excelent Channel, lovely video

  • @POSTELVIS
    @POSTELVIS 2 місяці тому

    I've been meaning to look more into Hildegard of Bingen, I got a glimpse of her music while studying for a masters in music, but she is a prominent name for pre-classical era music. super cool vid about her!

  • @christopherolson5534
    @christopherolson5534 5 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for sharing with us.

  • @overcomerbtbojesus
    @overcomerbtbojesus 5 місяців тому +2

    Omg new subscriber what a treasure trove of history for a history major like me 🤩😁

  • @foreignoffice3967
    @foreignoffice3967 3 місяці тому +1

    Jgd, very well done, thank you! Sgd

  • @jens-kristiantofthansen9376
    @jens-kristiantofthansen9376 5 місяців тому +2

    Excellent video and well told. I hadn't come across your channel before today and it's an instant 'subscribe.'
    I have a question about one of the illustrations shown as I am wondering where that's from. It's at 8:40. Quite a striking image.

    • @studiumhistoriae
      @studiumhistoriae  5 місяців тому +2

      It's from a medieval copy of the Psychomachia (war of the soul) which was a poem by the late antique Christian author Prudentius. It's an allegorical story about a war between the virtues and vices (most of which are personified as women, in part due to the fact that most of the words for these virtues in Latin are feminine nouns, but it's also interesting to think of in terms of ideas about gender)
      I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @LightningDoesStrikeThrice
    @LightningDoesStrikeThrice 5 місяців тому +2

    I mean no wonder, even Cid's wife in FFIX was named Hildegard & had both of his airships named after her lol

    • @seasaltlover7409
      @seasaltlover7409 Місяць тому

      Omg, I did not expect to find FFIX mentioned on this video 🙌🏼

  • @jfstover
    @jfstover 2 місяці тому

    Thanks. . . .useful.

  • @user-vv1wv7us7s
    @user-vv1wv7us7s 4 місяці тому +2

    Can you make a story about Saint Catherine of Siena?

  • @stephanieking4444
    @stephanieking4444 12 днів тому

    Great introduction to the life of one amazing woman. 👏
    Did you watch the movie made about Hildegard von Bingen? It's appropriately called "Visions," a German production by director Margarete von Trotta.

    • @studiumhistoriae
      @studiumhistoriae  11 днів тому +1

      I haven't seen it yet but I will at some point. Maybe I'll wind up talking about it on this channel at some point once I do

  • @ajonteampanalo
    @ajonteampanalo 5 місяців тому +1

    Fascinating, thank you! Is this the “Mother Hildegard” Diana Gabaldon based the character on in the Outlander series?

    • @studiumhistoriae
      @studiumhistoriae  5 місяців тому +6

      She may have named the character after her and been inspired by her, but Outlander takes place about 600 years after Hildegard of Bingen's time

  • @lmd1131
    @lmd1131 5 місяців тому +2

    omg queen and loml hilda

  • @Supermaaaaaaannnn
    @Supermaaaaaaannnn 3 місяці тому +1

    Was that song at the end one of hers? Loved the vid thanks!

    • @studiumhistoriae
      @studiumhistoriae  3 місяці тому +1

      Yes it was! I didn't put more of her music in because a lot of it is copyrighted (seeing as they are performances with interpretive elements) but I highly encourage looking up her music online

  • @haroldshea3282
    @haroldshea3282 Місяць тому

    oh cmon, not even a single mention of her lingua ignota? that stuff is fascinating! anyway, very nice vid, wish you luck in growing your channel

  • @DakotaFord592
    @DakotaFord592 5 місяців тому

    ❤❤

  • @OrteOliv56
    @OrteOliv56 3 місяці тому +1

    Muy interesante historia de esta figura y muy especial alma. Gracias por su trabajo.

  • @MastemaJack
    @MastemaJack 5 місяців тому

    I wonder if you can find her in CK3

  • @nanasdad100
    @nanasdad100 25 днів тому

    Reading Juvenal
    Naughtiness

  • @Waferdicing
    @Waferdicing 5 місяців тому

    💧

  • @nanasdad100
    @nanasdad100 25 днів тому

    Love the music
    Religious ecstasy
    Sexual ecstasy
    So similar connected

  • @CelticMedievalGuitar
    @CelticMedievalGuitar 5 місяців тому +2

    HILDEGARD'S MUSIC WAS SUGGESTED DIRECTLY BY GOD

  • @nanasdad100
    @nanasdad100 25 днів тому

    I really don't like the Cathars
    An unpleasant heresy