{"product_id":"abelard-paperback","title":"Abelard - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClanchy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Clanchy introduces the reader to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Clanchy introduces the reader to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools whose career included seducing Heloise (his student), being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic (twice) as well as writing his memoirs - his story of calamities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Abelard touched so many aspects of life, this book is structured naturally around the roles he played. The author describes in vivid and concrete terms what it meant in the twelfth century to be a famous scientist (the master of Latin, logic and philosophy), then a dedicated monk and pioneer of the discipline of theology - and yet one who was at various times a wandering scholar, courtier and jester. The author's many new findings include the discovery that it was Heloise who inspired many of Abelard's most profound ideas. \u003ci\u003eShe\u003c\/i\u003e educated \u003ci\u003ehim: \u003c\/i\u003e up to now historians have assumed it to be the other way round.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis, the first biography of Abelard for over 30 years, combines the most recent international research with a re-reading of the sources line by line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Clanchy introduces the reader to medieval life through the experience of Peter Abelard, the master of the Paris schools whose career included seducing Heloise (his student), being castrated, accused of treason, condemned as a heretic (twice) as well as writing his memoirs - his \"story of calamities\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Abelard touched so many aspects of life, this book is structured naturally around the roles he played. The author describes in vivid and concrete terms what it meant in the twelfth century to be a famous scientist (the master of Latin, logic and philosophy), then a dedicated monk and pioneer of the discipline of theology - and yet one who was at various times a wandering scholar, courtier and jester. The author's many new findings include the discovery that it was Heloise who inspired many of Abelard's most profound ideas. \u003ci\u003eShe\u003c\/i\u003e educated \u003ci\u003ehim: \u003c\/i\u003e up to now historians have assumed it to be the other way round.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis, the first biography of Abelard for over 30 years, combines the most recent international research with a re-reading of the sources line by line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. T. Clanchy\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He taught at the University of Glasgow 1964-85. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Memory to Written Record: England 1066-1307\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell second edition, 1993) and \u003ci\u003eAbelard: A Medieval Life\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1997). He is the editor (with Betty Radice) of \u003ci\u003eThe Letters of Abelard and Heloise\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin Classics, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 9.02 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48900101308665,"sku":"9780631214441","price":120.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/nxh505wyW9780631214441.webp?v=1787738107","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/abelard-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}