Abelard letters

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The tragic, unconcealing and poetic letters between the mediaeval scholars Peter Abelard and his prize student Heloise after his violent castration by her uncle forced him out of the priesthood and her into a nunnery where both struggled to overcome their earthly love for the love of heaven - with what success is revealed in this remarkable series of love letters This edition also contains an introduction on their lives and story and an appendix on the significant names in that story.