The letters of Heloise and Abelard: a translation of their collected correspondence and related writings

The letters of Heloise and Abelard will remain one of the great, romantic andintellectual 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. INDICE: - 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

• ISBN: 978-0-312-22935-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 400
• Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés