More Shopping OptionsIn this book, Constant Mews and Neville Chiavaroli examine a medieval text long neglected by most scholars. The Lost Letters of Heloise and Abelard looks at the earlier correspondence between these two famous individuals, revealing the emotions and intimate exchanges that occurred between them. The perspectives presented here are very different from the view related by Abelard in his "History of my Calamities," an account which provoked a much more famous exchange of letters between Heloise and Abelard after they had both entered religious life. Offering a full translation of the love letters along with a copy of the actual Latin text, Mews and Chiavaroli provide an in-depth analysis of the debate concerning the authenticity of the letters and look at the way in which the relationship between Heloise and Abelard has been perceived over the centuries.
Constant Mews teaches in the Department of History at Monash University in Australia, where he is also Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion.
Neville Chiavaroli, a classicist and Italian translator, is a doctoral student in the Department of History at Monash University.
“...highly recommended.” —Library Journal
“...this volume will be an asset to collections supporting studies of French literature and early French history and theology.” —Choice
The Discovery of a Manuscript * Memories of an Affair * Paris, the Schools and the Politics of Sex * Traditions of Dialogue * The Language of the Love Letters * The Voice of Heloise * From the Letters of Two Lovers (text and translation) * Select Bibliography
