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The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse

Pierre Abélard

Paperback | Pages: 383 pages

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Title	:	The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse
Author	:	Pierre Abélard
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Revised Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 383 pages
Published	:	2003 by Penguin Books (first published 1133)
Categories	:	History. Classics. Nonfiction. Historical. Medieval. Religion. Cultural. France

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The story of the relationship between Abélard and Héloïse is one of the world’s most celebrated and tragic love affairs. It is told through the letters of Peter Abélard, a French philosopher and one of the greatest logicians of the twelfth century, and of his gifted pupil Héloïse. Through their impassioned writings unfolds the story of a romance, from its reckless, ecstatic beginnings through to public scandal, an enforced secret marriage and its devastating consequences. These eloquent and intimate letters express a vast range of emotions from adoration and devotion to reproach, indignation and grief, and offer a fascinating insight into religious life in the Middle Ages. This is the revised edition of Betty Radice's highly regarded translation, in which Michael Clanchy, the biographer of Abélard, updates the scholarship on the letters and the lovers. This volume includes Abélard's remarkable autobiography and his spiritual advice to Héloïse and her nuns, as well as a selection of the 'lost love letters' of Abélard and Héloïse, letters between Héloïse and Peter the Venerable, two of Abélard's hymns, a chronology, notes and maps.

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ISBN:	0140448993 (ISBN13: 9780140448993)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Héloïse d'Argenteuil, Pierre Abélard
Setting:	Paris(France)

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Now here's a story... it was difficult for me to see how I should categorise it, but then I decided that despite the last three letters, this was more about these two people than just religious advice, anyway. Anyway, these two... a teacher and his student, both smart (but Heloise with less troubles in life). A story from 12th Century. There is the letters, first Abelard's tale of victories and woe - some of them his own fault - then starts the exchange of letters between him and his former

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I am almost finished with this one, and I have loved it. What a fascinating look into the middle ages and into one of the most interesting couples in history. I am biased toward Heloise and champion her ability to speak her mind to the man she loved, married, and became an abbess to please.

So let me begin by saying I appreciate these letters as a primary source (yay, history!), but on a purely personal level, eww... because Abelard was a narcissistic dick:*I considered all the usual attractions for a lover and decided she was the one to bring to my bed, confident that I should have an easy success; for at that time I had youth and exceptional good looks as well as my great reputation to recommend me, and feared no rebuff from any woman I might choose to honour with my love.**I

I read this for school, and really enjoyed getting to know the story (WHY is this not more well-known?) The glimpse it gives into the foundations of the European University system are fascinating, and it showcases how the twelfth century was the precursor to the Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. So from a scholarly standpoint, this is really interesting.Except, the real draw to this is the love story and the characters of Abelard and Heloise themselves. I HATE ABELARD. With a

Jan-Maat wrote: "robin wrote: "Unfortunately, I have never read these letters. I have read medieval scholar Helen Waddel's 1933 novel "Peter Abelard",

It's hard for me to say "loved it" about these letters, because it's hard to peel the love story away from knowledge of Abélard's "misfortunes" (told with great pious self-pity in his "Historia calamitatum") and his subsequent spiritual domination, and then abandonment, of Héloïse. Also, I happen to like Héloïse a whole lot better, and so the preference makes for a lopsided reading. Still, the progression of affection between the two writers/lovers - from eros to caritas, to borrow papal