The letters of Abelard and Heloise

Penguin classics

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296 pages

English language

Published Dec. 30, 1974 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-0-14-044899-3
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OCLC Number:
69322954

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One of the world’s most celebrated and tragic love affairs. 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.

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Subjects

  • Abelard, Peter, -- 1079-1142 -- Correspondence.
  • Héloïse, -- 1101-1164 -- Correspondence.
  • Theologians -- France -- Correspondence.
  • Abbesses, Christian -- France -- Correspondence.
  • Latin letters, Medieval and modern -- France -- Translations into English.
  • Love-letters.