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The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen's Views on the Female Reproductive Body

The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen's Views on the Female Reproductive Body - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Minji LeeSeries:BorderlinesPublish date:10/1/2025Pages:142
Language:EnglishPublisher:ARC Humanities PressISBN-13:9781802700398ISBN-10:1802700390UPC:9781802700398Book Category:Philosophy, Medical, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, History, Women AuthorsBook Topic:MedievalSize:9.10 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.142Product ID:SCM8HEYQE5

This study of the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen examines her understanding of the womb through her medical work Cause et cure and visionary work Scivias. Medieval tradition viewed female bodies negatively, seeing their porous nature as easily polluted. Women were considered weaker and more vulnerable to spiritual invasion. This volume shows how Hildegard's revolutionary understanding of the female reproductive body reversed these assumptions. She connected female bodily flows not to pollution but to purification, presenting menstruation and reproductive fluids as vital components in natural cleansing and healing processes. The book concludes with a chapter showing how Hildegard's concept of beneficial bodily flow remains relevant in modern Western and non-Western alternative medicine, in which female bodily porosity and fluid exchange continue to be understood as sources of regenerative power.

Language:EnglishPublisher:ARC Humanities PressISBN-13:9781802700398ISBN-10:1802700390UPC:9781802700398Book Category:Philosophy, Medical, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, History, Women AuthorsBook Topic:MedievalSize:9.10 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.142Product ID:SCM8HEYQE5
Minji Lee =========

Minji Lee is Assistant Professor of Religion and Medical Humanities at Montclair State University, New Jersey. She holds a PhD from Rice University, and specializes in medicine in relation to cultural practices, women's health, and reproductive issues.


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