Rethinking abelard : a collection of critical essays / edited by Babette S. Hellemans.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hellemans, Babette S., editor.

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; Volume 229.

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 0920-8607 ; Volume 229

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.

Abelard, Peter.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Peter Abelard (1079-1142) is one of the most diversely gifted people of the Middle Ages. His letter writing, poetry, theology, logic, and ethics deal with almost every aspect of the trivium. This volume surveys his career to show how his extraordinary versatility enchanted and distressed his public. A selection of international specialists addresses the various aspects of Abelard's literary persona. The topics range from Abelard's personal history to his monastic thinking. There are essays on the letter collection, his views on love, ethical problems such as intention and suicide, his poetry and treatises written for Heloise and her nuns of the Paraclete. With its strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research, Rethinking Abelard opens up new avenues for future scholarship. Contributors are: Michael T. Clanchy, Peter Cramer, Lesley-Anne Dyer, Juanita Feros Ruys, William Flynn, Babette Hellemans, Taina M. Holopainen, Eileen F. Kearney, Constant J. Mews, Eileen C. Sweeney, Ineke Van ‘t Spijker, Wim Verbaal, and Julian Yolles.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Babette S. Hellemans

Abelard, Heloise, and Discussion of Love in the Twelfth-Century Schools / Constant J. Mews

Abelard and the Jews / Eileen C. Sweeney

Divine Omnipotence and the Liberal Arts in Peter Damian and Peter Abelard / Julian Yolles

Conflict and Correspondence. Inner and Outer in Abelard and Hugh of Saint Victor / Ineke van ’t Spijker

Was Abelard Right to Deny That He Had Written a Book of ‘Sentences’? / Michael T. Clanchy

Veiled Platonic Triads in Abelard’s Theologia ‘Summi Boni’ / Lesley-Anne Dyer

Abelard and Rhetoric: Widows and Virgins at the Paraclete / William Flynn

Trapping the Future: Abelard’s Multi-Layered Image-Building / Wim Verbaal

Intentions and Conscious Moral Choices in Peter Abelard’s Know Yourself / Taina M. Holopainen

‘He who kills himself liberates a wretch’: Abelard on Suicide / Juanita Feros Ruys

Peter Abelard’s Planctus ‘Dolorum solatium’: A New Song for David / Eileen F. Kearney

Abelard on the First Six Days / Peter Cramer

Abelard and the Poetics of Ingenium / Babette S. Hellemans

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-26271-7

OCLC:

878109477

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004262713 DOI