This will be a brief, accessible introduction to the lives and thought of two of the most controversial personalities of the Middle Ages. Abelard and Heloise are familiar names. It is their "star quality," argues Constant Mews, that has prevented them from being seen clearly in the context of 12th-century thought - that task he has set himself in this book. He contends that the dramatic intensity of these famous lives needs to be examined in the broader context of their shared commitment to the study of philosophy.
| ISBN: | 9780195156898 |
| Publication date: | 20th January 2005 |
| Author: | Constant J Senior Lecturer, Department of History, and Director for Studies in Religion and Theology, Senior Lecturer, Mews |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 326 pages |
| Series: | Great Medieval Thinkers |
| Genres: |
European history: medieval period, middle ages Medieval Western philosophy Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church Biography: historical, political and military |