Patricia Ranft

Author and Professor of History

Patricia Ranft is a professor emeritus at Michigan State University and the author of various books, including 'Women and the religious life in premodern Europe' and 'Women and spiritual equality in Christian tradition'.

You can find the full list of her published books here.

She has also published many papers, among which the paper 'Ruminations on Hildegard of Bingen and autism' (2014).

Patricia Ranft is now retired from academia and works as a tree farmer.

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Was Hildegard von Bingen Autistic?

A summary of 'Ruminations on Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) and autism' by Patricia Ranft

Hildegard of Bingen was a 12th century German nun, and one of the most influential women of her time. She wrote several scientific treatises, composed music, and invented her own language, all of...