Abelard and Heloise

Informationen zum Autor Constant J. Mews is Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University in Australia. He is the author of The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard: Perceptions of Dialogue in Twelfth-Century France (1999). Klappentext This will be a brief, accessible introduction to the lives and thought of two of the most controversial personalities of the Middle Ages. Abelard and Heloise are familiar names. It is their 'star quality', argues Constant Mews, that has prevented them from being seen clearly in the context of 12th-century thought - that task he has set himself in this book. He contends that the dramatic intensity of these famous lives needs to be examined in the broader context of their shared commitment to the study of philosophy. Zusammenfassung Presents a brief introduction to the lives and thought of two of the most controversial personalities of the Middle Ages. Abelard and Heloise are familiar names. It is their 'star quality', argues the author, that has prevented them from being seen clearly in the context of 12th-century thought - that task he has set himself in this book.

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• Authors: C J Mews, C. J. Mews, Constant J Mews, Constant J. Mews, Constant J. (Senior Lecturer Mews, Dr Constant J. Mews
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.01.2005
• EAN: 9780195156881
• ISBN: 978-0-19-515688-1
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Great Medieval Thinkers; Great Medieval Thinkers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day