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.183-269
Original letter:
Historical context:
This letter answers the other part of Heloise's request, see ep.5, for a rule of monastic life for women. The Rule covers various aspects of daily life, and emphasizes study and learning. For an analysis of the Rule and Heloise's role in shaping it, see Linda Georgianna, "Any Corner of Heaven: Heloise's Critique of Monasticism," MS 49 (1987), 221-53.
Scholarly notes:
Manuscript source:
Printed source:
T.P. McLaughlin, "Abelard's Rule for Religious Women," MS 18 (1956), ep.7 p. 242-92