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Heloise & Abelard : a new biography

Title
Heloise & Abelard : a new biography / James Burge.
Author
Burge, James.
Publication
[San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, 2006.

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Description
xv, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Alternative Title
Heloise and Abelard
Subject
  • Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164
  • Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142
  • Theologians > France > Biography
  • Abbesses, Christian > France > Biography
  • Théologiens > France > Biographies
  • Abbesses > France > Biographies
  • Abbesses, Christian
  • Theologians
  • France
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies.
Note
  • Includes Insight guide (p. 322-336).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-291) and index.
Contents
The letters of two lovers -- "Darling" -- "At last I came to Paris" -- "By doubting we come to inquiry, by inquiry we come to truth" -- Master of the schools -- "Need I say more?" -- Love and marriage -- "The story of my misfortunes" -- St. Denis -- "Not strong enough to dig, too proud to beg" -- "You are greater than heaven, greater than the world" -- Return to Paris -- The comforter -- The Council of Sens -- "And so Master Peter ended his days."
ISBN
  • 0060816139
  • 9780060816131
OCLC
  • ocm70786627
  • SCSB-14485305
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library