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Letters of Peter Abelard, Beyond the Personal / translated by Jan M. Ziolkowski.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.
Contributor:
Ziolkowski, Jan M., 1956-
Series:
Medieval Texts in Translation
Medieval texts in translation
Standardized Title:
Letters. English. 2008
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142--Correspondence.
Abelard, Peter.
Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142--Translations into English.
Abelard, Peter, -- 1079-1142--Correspondence--Translations into English.
Abelard, Peter, -- 1079-1142 -- Correspondence -- Translations into English.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (286 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Comprehensive and learned translation of these texts affords insight into Abelard's thinking over a much longer sweep of time and offers snapshots of the great twelfth-century philosopher and theologian in a variety of contexts.
Contents:
Letter nine : to the Nuns of the Paraclete
Prefaces to the three books of the Paraclete hymnal
Dedication letter to the commentary on the six days of creation
Letter sixteen : prologue to the sermons
Letter ten : to Bernard of Clairvaux
Letter fifteen : to his comrades, against Abbot Bernard
Apologia against Bernard of Clairvaux
Letter eleven : to Abbot Adam and the Monks of St. Denis
Letter twelve : to a regular canon
Letter thirteen : to an ignoramus in the field of dialectic
Letter fourteen : to Bishop G[ilbert] and the clergy of Paris.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-217) and indexes.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-8132-1707-5
OCLC:
654820432

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