Heloise & Abelard - A New Biography

Zusatztext "The passion! spirit and devotion of this star-crossed couple come through on every page. Highly recommended." Informationen zum Autor James Burge is a producer and director of documentaries for the BBC and the Discovery Channel. His fascination with the Middle Ages led him to make Strange Landscape , the BBC series about medieval culture, and to create a dramatization of the writings of the eccentric thirteenth-century English friar, Roger Bacon. Klappentext New Revelations about One of the Greatest Romances in History Peter Abelard was arguably the greatest poet, philosopher, and religious teacher in all of twelfth-century Europe. In an age when women were rarely educated, Heloise was his most gifted young student. Their private tutoring sessions inevitably turned to passion, and their moments apart were spent writing love letters. Astoundingly, a few years ago a young scholar identified 113 new love letters between the pair which, combined with the latest scholarship, present us with the richest telling yet of the couple's clandestine passion -- a story that is erotic, poignant, and at times even funny. Zusammenfassung New Revelations about One of the Greatest Romances in History Peter Abelard was arguably the greatest poet, philosopher, and religious teacher in all of twelfth-century Europe. In an age when women were rarely educated, Heloise was his most gifted young student. Their private tutoring sessions inevitably turned to passion, and their moments apart were spent writing love letters. Astoundingly, a few years ago a young scholar identified 113 new love letters between the pair which, combined with the latest scholarship, present us with the richest telling yet of the couple's clandestine passion -- a story that is erotic, poignant, and at times even funny.

Product details

• Authors: James Burge
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.01.2006
• EAN: 9780060816131
• ISBN: 978-0-06-081613-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Plus; PLUS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; France, European History, Biography: general, Memoirs, Religion: general, Christianity, History of Religion, Anthologies: general, Religion and beliefs, Biography: religious and spiritual, Diaries, letters and journals, Biography: writers, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Biography: historical, political and military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, RELIGION: History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Religious, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Letters, RELIGION: WOMEN AND RELIGION, RELIGION: Faith, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs, Religion / Women & Religion