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Author Mews, C. J.

Title Abelard and Heloise / Constant J. Mews
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 308 pages)
Series Great medieval thinkers
Great medieval thinkers.
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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142
Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164.
SUBJECT Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142 fast (OCoLC)fst00046961
Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164 fast (OCoLC)fst00019687
Subject PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Medieval.
Form Electronic book
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