The Letters of Abelard and Heloise - Pierre Abélard, Héloïse d’Argenteuil
Language: EnglishKeywords:
Epistolatory
French
Letters
Medieval
Middle Ages
Naxos
Philosophy
Theology
Shared by:Euripides
Written by ,
Read by Gunnar Cauthery, Alison Pettitt, David Rintoul
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Duration: 9 hrs and 10 mins
[Translated by William Levitan]
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise is one of the most extraordinary correspondences in European history. Written in the 12th century, the letters document the love affair between Peter Abelard, a revolutionary philosopher and biblical scholar, and his beautiful and precocious student, Heloise. Eviscerated by his religious opponents and castrated by Heloise’s family, Abelard is haunted by ill fortune, and the star-crossed lovers are forced into separate lives, as monk and nun respectively, with letters being their only form of communication. What unfolds is tragic and heartbreaking, but also fascinating. The letters gave rise to compelling philosophical, theological, and sociological discussions, and they provide a window into the medieval mind as the everyday lives of the two lovers are laid bare through their passionate discourse.
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This post has 17 comments with rating of 5/5
February 28th, 2019
If I were a dog, my tail would be wagging!! Thank you, E - too often the people from this rich phase of history are ludicrously caricatured and misunderstood. This is a wonderful resource to lift the veil on the complexity of their nuanced emotional and intellectual lives.
February 28th, 2019
What caesar said!
February 28th, 2019
Also what caesar said ;)
February 28th, 2019
Beautiful! Thank you Euripides.
February 28th, 2019
Thank you, Euripides. Just a note - you can watch this story unfold in the movie “Stealing Heaven”. And cry all over again. :)
February 28th, 2019
I disagree!
Oh ok, what caesar said (don’t go getting a big headl).
Sounds like an educational, elucidating and fascinating read.
Thanks Euripides :)
February 28th, 2019
No fear I’d get a big head with you on the case - you humiliate and oppress me at every turn! I’ll have to return to therapy, at this rate.
March 1st, 2019
All I know is that if Abelard kept his privates in his pants he might have held on to them a little longer.
March 1st, 2019
@flarecat - That’s it, in a nut-shell.
March 1st, 2019
So he was really castrated, but not really eviscerated?
March 1st, 2019
@BillEBob - I feel the blurb went a bit too far, clubbing together the literal and the metaphorical, given the turn of events. He really was castrated, yes and castigated, no doubt, by his peers, but not disembowled. That would have hardly left him in a condition/mood to exchange letters.
March 1st, 2019
True enough, he wouldn’t have had the guts to write those letters.
March 1st, 2019
@caesar963 - Your puns are out of control!
March 2nd, 2019
Thanks a lot. This is also a surprise!
March 3rd, 2019
This is so good. They named their son ‘Astrolabe’ it’s like naming your child ‘iPhone’ in 2016.
March 3rd, 2019
@Audi0books - very good.
May 10th, 2024
Please seed my friend
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