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Informationen zum Autor 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 and he a monk. Betty Radice was the editor of the Penguin Classics during the 1960s and 70s and an acclaimed translator from Latin, Greek & Italian. Michael Clanchy researches at the Institute of Historical Research UCL and the Warburg Institute. Klappentext Through the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung Through the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Letters of Abelard and HeloiseAcknowledgments Preface to the Revised Edition Chronology Introduction The Letters of Abelard and Heloise in Today's Scholarship Further Reading Letter 1. Historia calamitatum: Abelard to a Friend: The Story of His Misfortunes The Personal Letters Letter 2. Heloise to Abelard Letter 3. Abelard to Heloise Letter 4. Heloise to Abelard Letter 5. Abelard to Heloise The Letters of Direction Letter 6. Heloise to Abelard Letter 7. Abelard to Heloise (summarized) Letter 8. Abelard to Heloise Abelard's Confession of Faith Letters of Peter the Venerable and Heloise Peter the Venerable: Letter (98) to Pope Innocent II Peter the Venerable: Letter (115) to Heloise Heloise: Letter (167) to Peter the Venerable Peter the Venerable: Letter (168) to Heloise Two Hymns by Abelard Sabbato ad Vesperas In Parasceve Domini: III. Nocturno Appendix: An Excerpt from the 'Lost Love Letter' of Heloise and Abelard Maps The Kingdom of France in the time of Abelard Paris in the time of Abelard Notes Index ...
