Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition

Chronology

Introduction

The Letters of Abelard and Heloise in Today’s Scholarship

Further Reading

Letter 1. Historia calamitatum: Abelard to a Friend: The Story of His Misfortunes

THE PERSONAL LETTERS

Letter 2. Heloise to Abelard

Letter 3. Abelard to Heloise

Letter 4. Heloise to Abelard

Letter 5. Abelard to Heloise

THE LETTERS OF DIRECTION

Letter 6. Heloise to Abelard

Letter 7. Abelard to Heloise (summarized)

Letter 8. Abelard to Heloise

Abelard’s Confession of Faith

LETTERS OF PETER THE VENERABLE AND HELOISE

Peter the Venerable: Letter (98) to Pope Innocent II

Peter the Venerable: Letter (115) to Heloise

Heloise: Letter (167) to Peter the Venerable

Peter the Venerable: Letter (168) to Heloise

The Absolution for Peter Abelard

TWO HYMNS BY ABELARD

Sabbato ad Vesperas

In Parasceve Domini: III. Nocturno

Appendix: An Excerpt from the ‘Lost Love Letters’ of Heloise and Abelard

MAPS

The Kingdom of France in the time of Abelard

Paris in the time of Abelard

Notes

Acknowledgements

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