Hildegard of Bingen

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4.8 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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This week on Queer as Fact, we're talking about the 12th-century German nun and polymath Hildegard of Bingen. Join us for thorny theological questions, savage letters to the Pope and a medieval description of the female orgasm. Check out our website, where you can find out everything there is to know about Queer as Fact. If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. [Image: Medieval illustration of Hildegard in a nun's habit, writing. Red tendrils reach down towards her face. A monk is watching on.]

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Queer as Fact, the podcast bringing you queer history from around the world
0:04.1	and throughout time.
0:05.2	I'm Alice.
0:06.1	I'm Irene.
0:07.0	And I'm Eli.
0:07.8	And today we're talking about the 12th century German nun and polymath Hildegarde of Bingen.
0:20.6	Before we begin, I'd like to acknowledge the Wurang people of the Kulin Nation
0:24.7	as the traditional owners of the land on which we record this podcast.
0:28.1	We pay our respects to their elders past and present and acknowledge them as the custodians
0:31.6	of an oral history tradition far older than this podcast.
0:34.6	We have some content warnings before we start this episode.
0:37.6	This episode will include discussions of periodypical misogyny and homophobia, including
0:42.1	from Hildegard herself.
0:43.9	It'll also include discussions of chronic illness, migraine and hallucination, and some
0:48.2	discussions of sex.
0:49.6	If any of that sounds like something you don't want to listen to, feel free to skip this
0:52.7	episode and check out our other content.
0:54.9	Chronic illness, polymaths and homophobia is like the gay convent experience, truly.
1:01.5	I feel like to some degree that's still the gay experience now.
1:04.9	Yeah, that's true.
1:05.4	Like every gay person I know has some kind of chronic illness and also 75 different interests that they're studying all the time.
1:12.7	The only difference is they're not in a convent.
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