The letters of Abelard and Heloise / translated with an introduction and notes by Betty Radice, revised by M.T. Clanchy.
London, England : Penguin Books Ltd, 2003Description: lxxxvii, 296 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780140448993
- 0140448993
- 189.4 .Ab141 2003
- PA8201 .A4 2003
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Includes index.
"The story of the relationship between Abelard and Heloise is one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs. It is told through the letters of Peter Abelard, a French philosopher and one of the greatest logicians of the twelfth century, and of his gifted pupil Heloise. Through their impassioned writings unfolds the story of a romance, from its reckless, ecstatic beginnings through to public scandal, an enforced marriage and its devastating consequences. These eloquent and intimate letters express a vast range of emotions from adoration and devotion to reproach, indignation and grief, and offer a fascinating insight into religious life in the Middle Ages. This is the revised edition of Betty Radice's highly regarded translation, in which Michael Clanchy, the biographer of Abelard, updates the scholarship on the letters and the lovers. This volume includes Abelard's remarkable autobiography and his spiritual advice to Heloise and her nuns, as well as a selection of the 'lost love letters' of Abelard and Heloise, letters between Heloise and Peter the Venerable, two of Abelard's hymns, a chronology, notes and maps." --Provided by publisher
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