The lost love letters of Heloise and Abelard : perceptions of dialogue in twelfth-century France
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The lost love letters of Heloise and Abelard : perceptions of dialogue in twelfth-century France
（The new Middle Ages）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
2nd ed
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-410) and index
Text in English, with some Latin texts accompanied by parallel English translations
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This new edition offers fascinating insights into one of the most celebrated love affairs of the Middle Ages. A new chapter charts the debate about the letters and offers fresh evidence to attribute them to Abelard and Heloise. The complete Latin text is reproduced with an annotated translation by Chiavaroli and Mews.
Table of Contents
The Discovery of a Manuscript
Memories of an Affair
Paris, the Schools and the Politics of Sex
Traditions of Dialogue
The Language of the Love Letters
The Voice of Heloise
From the Letters of Two Lovers (text and translation)
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