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Genre/Form: | Biographies (form) |
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Named Person: | Peter Abelard; Héloïse; Pedro Abelardo; Peter Abelard; Héloïse; Héloïse; Peter Abaelard; Peter Abelard; Héloïse; Petrus Abaelardus; Héloïse; Petrus Abaelardus; Héloïse. |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
C J Mews |
ISBN: | 0195156889 9780195156881 0195156897 9780195156898 |
OCLC Number: | 54103812 |
Notes: | Author is Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University, Australia. He was educated in New Zealand. |
Awards: | Winner of British Academy Medal Award Winner 2014. |
Description: | xviii, 308 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Images of Abelard and Heloise -- The early years : Roscelin of Compiègne and William of Champeaux -- Challenging tradition : the dialectica -- Heloise and discussion and about love -- Returning to Logica -- The trinity -- Christian Theologia -- Heloise and the Paraclete -- Ethics, sin, and redemption -- Faith, sacraments, and charity -- Accusations of heresy. |
Series Title: | Great medieval thinkers. |
Responsibility: | Constant J. Mews. |
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Abstract:
Presents a brief 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 the author, that has prevented them from being seen clearly in the context of 12th-century thought - that task he has set himself in this book.
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"Mews argues convincingly that Heloise was not merely an apt pupil but an intelletual peer who changed Abelard's thinking, particularly in ethics."--CHOICE"Mews shows that Heloise and Abelard's literary partnership went far beyond love letters.... Mews has done us a great service in examining Heloise not just as a lover but as a writer, liturgical collabortaor, and theological thinker in her own right."--Books&Culture"A beautifully detailed historical account of the two figures." --Speculum Read more...
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