The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard

Perceptions of Dialogue in Twelfth-Century France
2. Revised, Updated, New Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-230-60813-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 421 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 528 g

Reihe: The New Middle Ages

This new edition offers fascinating insights into one of the most celebrated love affairs of the Middle Ages. A new chapter charts the debate about the letters and offers fresh evidence to attribute them to Abelard and Heloise. The complete Latin text is reproduced with an annotated translation by Chiavaroli and Mews.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mews, Constant J

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mew, Constant

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Discovery of a Manuscript
Memories of an Affair
Paris, the Schools and the Politics of Sex
Traditions of Dialogue
The Language of the Love Letters
The Voice of Heloise
From the Letters of Two Lovers (text and translation)

Über Autor(innen)

CONSTANT MEWS is Professor, School of Historical Studies and Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, Monash University, Australia.
NEVILLE CHIAVAROLI is a latinist and professional translator, University of Melbourne, Australia