The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard: Perceptions of Dialogue in Twelfth-Century France

This new edition offers fascinating insights into one of the most celebrated love affairs of the Middle Ages. A new chapter charts the debate about the letters and offers fresh evidence to attribute them to Abelard and Heloise. The complete Latin text is reproduced with an annotated translation by Chiavaroli and Mews.

Author: Constant Mew, Constant J. Mews
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/17/2008
Pages: 421
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780230608139

About the Author

CONSTANT MEWS is Professor, School of Historical Studies and Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, Monash University, Australia.
NEVILLE CHIAVAROLI is a latinist and professional translator, University of Melbourne, Australia