Heloise & Abelard : a new biography /

This volume is a dual biography of medieval French philosopher and logician Peter Abelard (1079-1142) and French nun Heloise d'Argenteuil (1100-1164). Abelard's affair with and love for Heloise has become legendary. Abelard was arguably the greatest poet, philosopher, and religious teacher...

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Main Author: Burge, James
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Héloïse, > 1101-1164.
Abelard, Peter, > 1079-1142.
Theologians > France > Biography.
Abbesses, Christian > France > Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • The letters of two lovers
  • "Darling"
  • "At last I came to Paris"
  • "By doubting we come to inquiry, by inquiry we come to truth"
  • Master of the schools
  • "Need I say more?"
  • Love and marriage
  • "The story of my misfortunes"
  • St. Denis
  • "Not strong enough to dig, too proud to beg"
  • "You are greater than heaven, greater than the world"
  • Return to Paris
  • The comforter
  • The Council of Sens
  • "And so Master Peter ended his days."

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