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| Genre/Form: | Biography History Biographie |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Peter Abelard; Petrus Abaelardus; Abailard, Pierre <1079-1142>; Pierre Abailard; Peter Abelard; Petrus Abaelardus; Pierre Abélard; Pierre Abélard; Petrus Abaelardus |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
M T Clanchy |
| ISBN: | 0631205020 9780631205029 0631214445 9780631214441 |
| OCLC Number: | 37400911 |
| Description: | xiii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | The story of Abelard: -- St. Bernard -- Heloise -- Generalizing about the middle ages -- The structure of the book -- pt. 1. Scientia -- 'knowledge' (1079-1117): -- Scientia -- 'knowledge': -- Science and magic -- Music and science -- Dwarfs and giants -- The acquisition of knowledge -- Abelard and scholasticism -- Literature: -- Gender and literacy -- Abelard's choice of literacy -- Latin letters -- The Latin classics -- Lady grammar -- Voices and letters -- Master: -- The title 'master' -- The beginnings of Abelard's career as a master -- The foundations of a master's power -- The writings of Abelard's masters -- Abelard's debt to his masters -- How was the teaching done? -- Note-taking and glosses -- Abelard in the classroom -- Logician: -- Abelard and Aristotle -- Objectives in teaching logic -- Dating Abelard's writings on logic -- Abelard and Roscelin -- Logical truth and divine truth -- The logic of the trinity -- Logic and absurdity -- Logic and Christian doctrine -- pt. 2. Experimentum -- 'experience' (1117-1118): -- Experimentum -- 'Experience': -- Abelard's 'History of Calamities' -- The literature of experience -- William IX of Aquitaine and Joy -- The intellectual and ethics -- Knight: -- Jester and Troubadour -- The image of the knight -- Abelard's attitude to war -- Scholastic warfare. Courtliness -- Lover: -- Heloise's only love -- The love of monk and nun -- Knowledge of Abelard and Heloise at the time -- Peter the Venerable's vision of love -- Divine love and human love -- Abelard's debt to Heloise -- Heloise's influence on Abelard's writing -- Man: -- Youth and physique -- Adam and Eve -- Abelard's account of his marriage -- The secrecy of the marriage -- Marriage as divorce -- Castration as reconciliation -- pt. 3. Religio -- 'Religion' (1118-1142): -- Religio -- 'Religion': -- The Papal schism of 1130 -- The profession of religion -- What was Abelard's religion? -- Monk: -- Monks and castration -- Monks and teachers -- Abelard's flight from St. Denis -- The hermitage of the paraclete -- Abelard's achievements at the hermitage -- 'New Apostles' -- The Abbey of St. Gildas -- Patron of Heloise and her nuns -- Heloise's opposition to Abelard's patronage -- Heloise's response to Abelard's writings for her convent -- Abelard's achievements as a monk -- Theologian: -- The development of Abelard's theologia -- The choice of the Trinity as the subject of theologia -- The fate of the unbaptized -- Christ and Socrates -- Heloise's contribution to Abelard's theology -- The legacy of St. Anslem -- The meaning of redemption -- Heretic: -- The lynching of heretics -- Abelard and Roscelin -- The power of the papacy -- Heresy is pride -- Proving heresy -- Abelard's trial at Sens -- The role of St. Bernard -- Doubts about St. Bernard's rhetoric -- Abelard's condemnation in Rome -- The role of Peter the venerable -- Himself: -- 'Know thyself'. |
| Responsibility: | M.T. Clanchy. |
Abstract:
Introduces readers to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools, whose career included, seducing Heloise, being castrated, accused of treason, condemned
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