{"id":1557,"date":"2022-12-14T13:57:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2022-12-14T13:57:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:57:14","slug":"knowing-jutta-disibodenberg-and-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/2022\/12\/14\/knowing-jutta-disibodenberg-and-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowing Jutta, Disibodenberg, and God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: 1118<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t need much, nor have I received much education here besides the callings that bring me closer to God. We are strictly enclosed here which allows for more time for prayer and devotion to God. Because of that I don\u2019t have much to say about Jutta except that she is clearly graced by God. I admire her lack of rest in vigils, fasting, and other good works and do work to emulate that devotion to God. I have made my formal profession of virginity and will continue to desire nothing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I have learned:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t converse to much at the window, and when conversing never get too lively<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid noble visitors, wear a facial veil (don\u2019t trust men)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t send or receive letters or presents (don\u2019t trust men)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fast regularly as to not risk chastity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desire nothing of the flesh (don\u2019t trust men)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m not sure I agree with this severe self discipline I have learned in my years here- which has gotten me into some trouble, but the pressure of this discipline is unbearable. I do know that virginity is the best way to devote myself to God. As I remain chaste I triumph over the Devil.<a class=\"sdfootnoteanc\" href=\"#sdfootnote1sym\" name=\"sdfootnote1anc\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"sdfootnote1\">\n<p class=\"sdfootnote\"><a class=\"sdfootnotesym\" href=\"#sdfootnote1anc\" name=\"sdfootnote1sym\">1 <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pamela Sheingorn, \u201cThe Virtues of Hildegard\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ordo Virtutum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; or, it Was a Woman\u2019s World,\u201d in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ordo Virtutum of Hildegard Bingen: Critical Studies<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ed. Audrey Ekdahl Davidson (Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 1992), 43-62.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 1118 I don\u2019t need much, nor have I received much education here besides the callings that bring me closer to God. We are strictly enclosed here which allows for more time for prayer and devotion to God. Because of that I don\u2019t have much to say about Jutta except that she is clearly graced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-1557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-potens-feminea-forma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1558,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions\/1558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}