The Letters of Ab lard and H lo se The story of the relationship between Ab lard and H lo se is one of the world s most celebrated and tragic love affairs It is told through the letters of Peter Ab lard a French philosopher and one of

The story of the relationship between Ab lard and H lo se is one of the world s most celebrated and tragic love affairs It is told through the letters of Peter Ab lard, a French philosopher and one of the greatest logicians of the twelfth century, and of his gifted pupil H lo se Through their impassioned writings unfolds the story of a romance, from its reckless, ecstatiThe story of the relationship between Ab lard and H lo se is one of the world s most celebrated and tragic love affairs It is told through the letters of Peter Ab lard, a French philosopher and one of the greatest logicians of the twelfth century, and of his gifted pupil H lo se Through their impassioned writings unfolds the story of a romance, from its reckless, ecstatic beginnings through to public scandal, an enforced secret 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 Ab lard, updates the scholarship on the letters and the lovers This volume includes Ab lard s remarkable autobiography and his spiritual advice to H lo se and her nuns, as well as a selection of the lost love letters of Ab lard and H lo se, letters between H lo se and Peter the Venerable, two of Ab lard s hymns, a chronology, notes and maps.
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Title: [PDF] Download ☆ The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse | by · Héloïse d'Argenteuil Pierre Abélard Betty Radice M.T. Clanchy
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b 1101, d 16 May 1164 Mistress of, and later secret wife of French logician and philosopher Pierre Abelard A lady of great learning who eventually married Abelard Abelard then prevailed upon her to wear a postulant s habit She rose to become prioress and eventually abbess of the Convent of the Paraclete which Abelard had founded.