Whispers Beneath the Temple: The Correspondence of Abélard and Héloïse

Author: (French) Montcliff
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Publishing Date: 2001-10-01
Features: One is a top-ranking rhetoric scholar, theologian, and renowned professor; the other is a beautiful and talented young woman who is just beginning to fall in love. They become an immortal couple, but in an era dominated by the Christian Church, they are forced to separate and both retreat into monasteries. This book includes seven letters between them, with the first four being personal correspondence; the last three mainly discuss the origins of the female monastery,