Abelard and Heloise / Constant J. Mews.

This is an introduction to the lives and thought of two of the most controversial personalities of the Middle Ages - Abelard and Heloise. It is their 'star quality, ' argues Constant Mews, that has prevented them from being seen clearly in the context of 12th century thought.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Mews, C. J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Series:Great medieval thinkers.
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Table of 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.