Introduction to the Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen Jennifer Bain; Part I. Life and Monastic Context: 1. The life of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) Michael Embach; 2. Living and working in a twelfth-century women's monastic community Alison Beach; 3. Literacy and learning in the lives of women religious of medieval Germany Lori Kruckenberg; Part II. Writings and Reputation: 4. Hildegard of Bingen's theology James Ginther; 5. Reading Hildegard of Bingen's letters Christopher Fletcher; 6. Hildegard of Bingen and the patriarchs, preaching greenness Peter Loewen; 7. Hildegard of Bingen: Illness and healing Faith Wallis; 8. The Pentachronon and Hildegard of Bingen's reputation as prophet Magda Hayton; 9. The context and reception of Hildegard of Bingen's visions Wendy Love Anderson; Part III. Music, Manuscripts, Illuminations and Scribes: 10. Music, liturgy and intertextuality in Hildegard of Bingen's chant repertory Jennifer Bain; 11. The Ordo virtutum and Benedictine monasticism Alison Altstatt; 12. Picturing Hildegard of Bingen's sight: Illuminating her visions Nathaniel Campbell; 13. Hildegard of Bingen and her scribes Margot Fassler.