{"product_id":"the-medieval-womb-minji-lee-9781802700398","title":"The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen's Views on the Female Reproductive Body","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study of the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen examines her understanding of the womb through her medical work \u003cem\u003eCause et cure\u003c\/em\u003e and visionary work \u003cem\u003eScivias\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Minji Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1802700390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781802700398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ARC Humanities Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Minji Lee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47135589138687,"sku":"9781802700398","price":129.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38daa924-21fb-47f9-9fc1-1ff209122b52.jpg?v=1755010588","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-medieval-womb-minji-lee-9781802700398","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}