Today is the feast day of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), here surrounded by plants & a mineral she touted as medical treatments, her invented alphabet & model of the universe. One of my most popular prints this year!
Her writings preserve not only her own knowledge & theories but the nature of institutional #medicine & folk healing of her day (which she deftly combined). While she might be best remembered today as a composer
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Ele Willoughby, PhD
in reply to Ele Willoughby, PhD • • •of 70 Gregorian chants & musical dramas (& as a Catholic saint, theologian, her 3 books on her visions & 2 biographies) she is also recognized as the progenitor of #naturalHistory in German-speaking lands & author of medical & natural history texts. She even invented her own script & language!
Born in Rhineland she entered the double-monastery at Disibodenberg at 14. Her respected magistra Jutta (1092-1136) became her mentor & teacher. She was assigned to the infirmary, where she would have 🧵2/
Ele Willoughby, PhD
in reply to Ele Willoughby, PhD • • •Ele Willoughby, PhD
in reply to Ele Willoughby, PhD • • •Ele Willoughby, PhD
in reply to Ele Willoughby, PhD • • •She was invited to preach at nearby cathedrals including at Cologne, Mainz & Worms. She was so respected & renown that at age 80 she was able to simply defy the pope & he had to retract his instruction to excommunicate a man in her community.
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