The Repentant Abelard [electronic resource] : Family, Gender, and Ethics in Peter Abelard's Carmen ad Astralabium and Planctus /
Ruys, J.author.
The Repentant Abelard is both an innovative study and English translation of the late poetic works of controversial medieval philosopher and logician Peter Abelard, written for his beloved wife Heloise and son Astralabe. This study brings to life long overlooked works of this great thinker with analyses and comprehensive notes.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Repentant Abelard; Part I Carmen ad Astralabium; Chapter 1 Carmen ad Astralabium Analysis; Writing the Carmen; Reading the Carmen: The Medieval Reception of the Carmen; Part II Planctus; Chapter 2 Planctus Analysis; The Planctus as a Series; Specific Studies in the Planctus; Part III Carmen ad Astralabium-Text; 3. Carmen ad Astralabium-Latin Text; Chapter 4 Carmen ad Astralabium-English Translation; Chapter 5 Notes to Carmen ad Astralabium; Part IV Planctus-Text; Chapter 6 Planctus-Latin Text
Chapter 7 Planctus-English TranslationChapter 8 Notes on Planctus; Appendix A: Additional Sententiae Appended to the Carmen ad Astralabium in Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, lat. oct; Appendix B: Additional sententiae appended to the Carmen ad Astralabium in Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España, 9210, and Vatican, Bi; Appendix C: EXCERPT from the Carmen ad Astralabium IN Melk, Stiftsbibliothek, cod. 1761 (415); Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Repentant Abelard is both an innovative study and English translation of the late poetic works of controversial medieval philosopher and logician Peter Abelard, written for his beloved wife Heloise and son Astralabe. This study brings to life long overlooked works of this great thinker with analyses and comprehensive notes.
Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142
Historiography.
Europe-History.
Europe-History-476-1492.
Literature-History and criticism.
Historiography and Method.
European History.
History of Medieval Europe.
Literary History.