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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... Read Full Overview

The story of Heloise and Abelard remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs."

The story of Abelard and Heloise is renowned as one of the most legendary and romantic love stories of all time. Peter Abelard was a French philosopher, theologian, and preeminent logician of the 12th Century. Heloise was an intelligent and remarkable girl eighteen years his... Read Full Overview

Translated from the original Latin and now reprinted from the edition of 1722: together with a brief account of their lives and work. "That things proved as any sane person could have foreseen these letters are witness. Yet it in these that the pair capture the sympathies which... Read Full Overview

The letters of Heloise and Abelard are one of the great romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization, while the writers themselves are second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Living in the abbey of the Paraclete i

The letters of Heloise and Abelard remain some of the great romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization while the writers themselves are probably second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Living in the abbey of the Paraclete in twelfth-century... Read Full Overview

This is a compilation of the famous love letters between Abelard and Heloise during the Middle Ages.

Peter Abelard was a Medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer, and musician. Heloise was his young student, famous as the most well-educated and intelligent woman in Paris at the time. Abelard was surrounded by students... Read Full Overview