Letters of Peter Abelard, Beyond the Personal

by Ziolkowski, Jan M.

• ISBN13: 9780813215051
• ISBN10: 0813215056
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-07
• Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Map of Abelard's France
General Introduction: Life and Works
Heloise and the Nuns of the Paraclete
Letter nine. To the Nuns of the Paraclete	p. 3
Letter Nine	p. 10
Prefaces to the Three Books of
The Paraclete Hymnal	p. 34
Preface to the First Book	p. 40
Preface to the Second Book	p. 47
Preface to the Third Book	p. 50
Dedication letter to The Commentary on the Six Days of Creation	p. 52
Dedication Letter	p. 60
Letter sixteen. Prologue to The Sermons	p. 64
Letter Sixteen	p. 70
Bernard of Clairvaux
Letter ten. To Bernard of Clairvaux	p. 75
Letter Ten	p. 85
Letter fifteen. To His Comrades, against Abbot Bernard	p. 99
Letter Fifteen	p. 108
Apologia against Bernard of Clairvaux	p. 111
Apologia	p. 116
Other Controversies
Letter eleven. To Abbot Adam and the Monks of St. Denis	p. 133
Letter Eleven	p. 138
Letter twelve. To a Regular Canon	p. 147
Letter Twelve	p. 158
Letter thirteen. To an Ignoramus in the Field of Dialectic	p. 175
Letter Thirteen	p. 179
Letter fourteen. To Bishop G[ilbert] and the Clergy of Paris	p. 188
Letter Fourteen	p. 194
Bibliography	p. 197
General Index	p. 219
Index of Scriptural References	p. 231
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