Peter Abelard

The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Radice, Betty

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The story of Abelard and Heloise remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs. Through their letters, we follow the path of their romance from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, to their eventual separation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780141915951
• Artikelnr.: 38150122

Autorenporträt

Peter Abelard was a French philosopher and the greatest logician of the 12th century. He taught in Paris, where Heloise was his pupil. After the tragic end of their marriage, she became a nun & he a monk. Betty Radice was the editor of the Penguin Classics during the 1960-70s & an acclaimed translator from Latin, Greek & Italian. Michael Clanchy researches at the Institute of Historical Research UCL & the Warburg Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

The Letters of Abelard and HeloiseAcknowledgments
Preface to the Revised Edition
Chronology
Introduction
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise in Today's Scholarship
Further Reading
Letter 1. Historia calamitatum: Abelard to a Friend: The Story of His
Misfortunes
The Personal Letters
Letter 2. Heloise to Abelard
Letter 3. Abelard to Heloise
Letter 4. Heloise to Abelard
Letter 5. Abelard to Heloise
The Letters of Direction
Letter 6. Heloise to Abelard
Letter 7. Abelard to Heloise (summarized)
Letter 8. Abelard to Heloise
Abelard's Confession of Faith
Letters of Peter the Venerable and Heloise
Peter the Venerable: Letter (98) to Pope Innocent II
Peter the Venerable: Letter (115) to Heloise
Heloise: Letter (167) to Peter the Venerable
Peter the Venerable: Letter (168) to Heloise
Two Hymns by Abelard
Sabbato ad Vesperas
In Parasceve Domini: III. Nocturno
Appendix: An Excerpt from the 'Lost Love Letter' of Heloise and Abelard
Maps
The Kingdom of France in the time of Abelard
Paris in the time of Abelard
Notes
Index