Hildegard von Bingen, Tudor Visionary
Redating the only English copy of Hildegard von Bingen’s Liber divinorum operum (London, British Library, MS Additional 15418) from the fifteenth century to the 1540s or 1550s offers an unexpected window into responses to the Chantry Acts (1545, 1547). Throughout the Middle Ages, English audiences c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2024
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Reformation
Year: 2024, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 30–45 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CG Christianity and Politics KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBF British Isles KDE Anglican Church SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Hildegard von Bingen
B Chantry Acts B College of Arms B John Bale B John Foxe B Illumination B heralds |
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| Summary: | Redating the only English copy of Hildegard von Bingen’s Liber divinorum operum (London, British Library, MS Additional 15418) from the fifteenth century to the 1540s or 1550s offers an unexpected window into responses to the Chantry Acts (1545, 1547). Throughout the Middle Ages, English audiences cited Hildegard’s prophecies in anthologized formats for their antipapal, antimendicant, and pro-disendowment positions, and this article demonstrates that they continued to do so straight through the Reformation. Considering the illumination of Additional 15418 alongside contemporary grants of arms proves that Additional 15418 originated within the circles of the royal heralds in the 1540s or 1550s. The impact of the dissolution of the chantries on the work of the nascent College of Arms has not before been considered, and the heralds’ unease with the second Chantry Act may be reflected in this complete collection of what was traditionally viewed to be Hildegard’s pro-disendowment prophecies in their fullest form. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-0738 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reformation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13574175.2024.2325475 |