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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Peter Abelard; Pierre Abailard; 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 p. : ill., 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. |
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"This is one of the best books on medieval culture I have ever read, and I was so delighted by it I was sorry to get to the end and to have to put it down." Norman F. Cantor, New York University "A great book, 'unique' like its hero" Jaques Le Goff, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales "A crowning achievement of writing medieval history in our generation." John W. Baldwin, John Hopkins University "Michael Clanchy's book will rank for some time as the best scholarly biography of Abelard. It is a compelling and convincing account that draws together the many disparate facets of the life of one of the most energetic minds and personalities of the twelfth century, or indeed of the Middle Ages." Times Literary Supplement "It takes a touch of genius to bring a twelfth-century intellectual to life in this way." The English Historical Review "The new biography by Michael Clanchy ... [is now] the standard historical study of Abelard's life. It is a work of great energy and insight ... It also provides analyses based on a thorough knowledge of Abelard and Abelard studies, that are as stimulating as they are provocative." The Medieval Review, August 1999 "Here is a fresh and central reconstruction of Abelard as a person, based on the research and text editions of previous decades, that puts him at the very center of medieval life and culture and thus makes him relevant for our own times." Revue d'histoire ecclesiastique "This marvelous book about one of the most controversial and interesting of twelfth-century men deserves the warmest welcome...It will surely establish itself and maintain a place for many years, as an accessible and balanced assessment of Abelard ..." Reviews in History "This book is much more than a life of Abelard: it is also an excellent survey of the twelfth century, which, while remaining faithful to the highest standards of scholarship, reads much like a good novel. This is a rare case indeed: a book with much to offer to specialists and beginners, which can also be recommended to historians and theologians alike." Theological Studies "This is one of the half-dozen best books ever written about the European Middle Ages. M.T. Clanchy integrates ecclesiastical, cultural, and social history, and the biography of a great mind and academic with depth of learning, subtlety of insight, and skillful and at times elegant writing that are rarely seen among medievalists ... My only regret is that I came to the end of it too quickly. I would gladly have remained immersed in Abelard and Heloise and their world for another two or three hundred pages ... Clanchy's Aberlard will stay with you and haunt your sensibility and imagination." American Historical Review "Clanchy has performed a valuable service in bringing together often difficult and specialised scholarship into accessible form for the general reader." Journal of Religious History Read more...
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- Abelard, Peter, -- 1079-1142.
- Theology -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Theologians -- France -- Biography.
- Abailard, Pierre, -- 1079-1142
- Théologie -- Histoire -- 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
- Théologiens -- France -- Biographies
- Abélard, Pierre -- (1079-1142).
- Abélard, Pierre -- (1079-1142) -- Biographies.
- Abaelardus, Petrus.
