| Description |
309 pages : maps ; 18 cm |
| Series |
Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Contents |
Historia calamitatum : Abelard to a friend : the story of his misfortunes -- The personal letters. Letter 1. Heloise to Abelard ; Letter 2. Abelard to Heloise ; Letter 3. Heloise to Abelard ; Letter 4. Abelard to Heloise -- The letters of direction. Letter 5. Heloise to Abelard ; Letter 6. Abelard to Heloise [summary] ; Letter 7. Abelard to Heloise ; Abelard's confession of faith -- Letters of Peter the Venerable and Heloise. Letter (98) to Pope Innocent II ; Letter (115) to Heloise / Peter the Venerable ; Letter (167) to Peter the Venerable / Heloise ; Letter (168) to Heloise / Peter the Venerable ; The absolution for Peter Abelard -- Two hymns by Abelard. Sabbato ad vesperas = Vespers, Saturday evening ; In parasceve Domini. III. Nocturno = Good Friday, the third Nocturn / translated by Helen Waddell |
| Summary |
This translation includes Abelard's account of his misfortunes (Historica calamitatum); four of their personal letters; the 'letters of Direction', in which he advises her how to adapt for women the rule of Benedict; correspondence btween Heloise and peter the Venerable and two Abelard's hymns |
| Analysis |
Christian church Nuns: Héloïse, Abbess of the Paraclete - Correspondence, diaries, etc |
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Scholastic philosophy Abaelardus, Petrus - Correspondence, diaries, etc |
| Notes |
Includes Historia calamitatum; Abélard to a friend; the story of his misfortunes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-297) and index |
| Subject |
Héloà ̄se, 1101-1164
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Heloise -- Correspondence.
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Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164 -- Correspondence.
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Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.
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Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164 -- Correspondence.
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Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.
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Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142 -- Correspondence.
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Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142 -- Correspondence.
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Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.
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Abbesses, Christian -- France -- Correspondence.
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Theologians -- France -- Correspondence.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Author |
Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.
Correspondence. Selections. English.
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Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.
Correspondence. Selections. English.
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Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.
Historia calamitatum. English.
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Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.
Works. Selections. English
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| LC no. |
74177112 |
| ISBN |
0140442979 |
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9780140442977 |
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