Listening to Heloise: The Voice of a Twelfth-century Woman (New Middle Ages) - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0333800303 ISBN 13: 9780333800300

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

Riassunto

Heloise, the 12th-century French abbess and reformer, was one of history's most extraordinary women, a thinker and writer of profound insight and skill. Her supple and learned mind attracted the most radical philosopher of her time, Peter Abelard. He became her teacher, lover, husband and finally monastic ally. That relationship has made her fame until now. But Heloise is far more important in her own right. Seventeen experts of international standing collaborate here to reveal and analyze how Heloise's daring achievements shaped normative issues of theology, rhetoric, rational argument, gender and emotional authenticity.

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Recensione:

'In every respect, Listening to Heloise calls attention to all that must be heard and seen.' - Speculum

'...the contributors to this volume have taken the discussion of the famous correspondence to a new level...' - Mediaevistik

'A collection of essays dedicated (to quote Bonnie Wheeler's foreword) exclusively to Heloise...cannot but be welcomed.' - Henrietta Leyser, Times Literary Supplement

L'autore:

BONNIE WHEELER is Director of the Medieval Studies Program at SMU. Her books include, Feminea Medievalia and Becoming Male in the Middle Ages. She is series editor for The New Middle Ages(SMP).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0333800303
• ISBN 13: 9780333800300
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Redattore: Wheeler Bonnie