McLaughlin / Wheeler The Letters of Heloise and Abelard

A Translation of Their Collected Correspondence and Related Writings
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-10187-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 367 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Palgrave History Collection

The letters of Heloise and Abelard will remain one of the great, romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization while they, themselves, are probably second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Here for the first time in Mart Martin McLaughlin's edition is the complete correspendence with commentary.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

McLaughlin, M.

Wheeler, B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introductory Essay PART I: THE CORRESPONENCE OF HELOISE AND ABELARD Abelard's Letter of Consolation to a Friend: A Story of Calamities Heloise to Abelard Abelard to Heloise Heloise to Abelard Abelard to Heloise Heloise to Abelard Abealrd to Heloise: The Origin of Nuns Abelard to Heloise: A Rule for Nuns Abelard to Heloise : 'On Studies' Abelard's Last Letter to Heloise: A Profession of Faith PART II: HELOISE'S QUESTIONS (PROBLEMATA HELOISSAE) Forty-Two Questions Posed by Heloise and Answered by Abelard PART III: OTHER RELATED LETTERS Abelard to Bernard of Clairvaux Abelard to His Comrades Bernard of Clairvaux to Cardinal Ivo Bernard of Clarivaux to Pope Innocent II Peter the Venerable to Pope Innocent II Peter the Venerable to Heloise Heloise to Peter the Venerable Peter the Venerable to Heloise

Über Autor(innen)

Bonnie Wheeler teaches at Southern Methodist University, USA where she directs the Medieval Studies Program. She has edited and co-edited fourteen books, among them "Heloise and the Paraclete" (with Mary Martin McLaughlin). She is the series editor for "The New Middle Ages,"the executive editor of "Arthuriana" and President of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.