Pierre AbÃ©lard,HÃ©loÃ¯se d'Argenteuil,Betty Radice,M.T. Clanchy
The story of the relationship between AbÃ©lard and HÃ©loÃ¯se is one of the worldâ€™s most celebrated and tragic love affairs. It is told through the letters of Peter AbÃ©lard, a French philosopher and one of the greatest logicians of the twelfth century, and of his gifted pupil HÃ©loÃ¯se. Through their impassioned writings unfolds the story of a romance, from its reckless, ecstatic beginnings through to public scandal, an enforced secret marriage and its devastating consequences. These eloquent and intimate letters express a vast range of emotions from adoration and devotion to reproach, indignation and grief, and offer a fascinating insight into religious life in the Middle Ages.,This is the revised edition of Betty Radice's highly regarded translation, in which Michael Clanchy, the biographer of AbÃ©lard, updates the scholarship on the letters and the lovers. This volume includes AbÃ©lard's remarkable autobiography and his spiritual advice to HÃ©loÃ¯se and her nuns, as well as a selection of the 'lost love letters' of AbÃ©lard and HÃ©loÃ¯se, letters between HÃ©loÃ¯se and Peter the Venerable, two of AbÃ©lard's hymns, a chronology, notes and maps.
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The Letters of AbÃ©lard and HÃ©loÃ¯se