The letters of Heloise and Abelard will remain one of the great, romantic and intellectual documents of human civilization while they, themselves, are probably second only to Romeo and Juliet in the fame accrued by tragic lovers. Here for the first time in Mart Martin McLaughlin's edition is the complete correspendence with commentary.
ISBN: | 9780312229351 |
Publication date: | 29th January 2010 |
Author: | Peter Abelard, Mary Martin McLaughlin, Bonnie Wheeler, Héloïse |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 366 pages |
Series: | The New Middle Ages |
Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Cultural studies European history: medieval period, middle ages European history |