Collection of Letters: Detail
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Sender(s):
- Peter Abelard
Receiver(s):
Date:
Translated letter:
see Betty Radice, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974), p.137-56
Original letter:
Historical context:
Abelard admits to his own earlier guilt and reminds Heloise both of her special position as God’s bride and of her intellectual gifts which she can share with her nuns.
Scholarly notes:
Manuscript source:
Printed source:
J.T. Muckle, "The Personal letters between Abelard and Heloise," Medieval Studies 15 (1953), ep.4, p.82-94