Paradoxes of conscience in the High Middle Ages
Subtitle: Abelard, Heloise, and the archpoet
By: Peter Godman.
Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780521519113
Subjects: Abelard, Peter, -- 1079-1142; Héloïse, -- 1101-1164; Conscience; Conscience -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Christian ethics -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Moral moments; title: The neurotic and the penitent; title: True, false, and feigned penance; title: Fame without conscience; title: Cain and conscience; title: Feminine paradoxes; title: Sincere hypocrisy; title: The poetical consience; title: Envoi : spiritual sophistry.