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.
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.
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The Letters of Abelard and HeloiseAcknowledgmentsPreface to the Revised EditionChronologyIntroductionThe Letters of Abelard and Heloise in Today's ScholarshipFurther ReadingLetter 1. Historia calamitatum: Abelard to a Friend: The Story of His MisfortunesThe Personal LettersLetter 2. Heloise to AbelardLetter 3. Abelard to HeloiseLetter 4. Heloise to AbelardLetter 5. Abelard to HeloiseThe Letters of DirectionLetter 6. Heloise to AbelardLetter 7. Abelard to Heloise (summarized)Letter 8. Abelard to HeloiseAbelard's Confession of FaithLetters of Peter the Venerable and HeloisePeter the Venerable: Letter (98) to Pope Innocent IIPeter the Venerable: Letter (115) to HeloiseHeloise: Letter (167) to Peter the VenerablePeter the Venerable: Letter (168) to HeloiseTwo Hymns by AbelardSabbato ad VesperasIn Parasceve Domini: III. NocturnoAppendix: An Excerpt from the 'Lost Love Letter' of Heloise and AbelardMapsThe Kingdom of France in the time of AbelardParis in the time of AbelardNotesIndex
