The repentant Abelard : family, gender, and ethics in Peter Abelard's Carmen ad Astralabium and Planctus

"The great medieval thinker Peter Abelard is renowned for his uncompromising and radical approach to ethics and theology, a towering public figure in twelfth-century schools and monasticism. The Repentant Abelard argues, however, that later in his life, Abelard's thoughts turned again towa...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Ruys, Juanita Feros (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Abaelard, Peter 1079-1142
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, December 2014
Ausgabe:First edition
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:The new Middle Ages
Schlagworte:Latin poetry, Medieval and modern Abaelard, Peter
Umfang:xvi, 355 Seiten
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Machine generated contents note:Introduction
  • PART I: CARMEN AD ASTRALABRIUM ANALYSIS
  • 1. Writing the Carmen
  • 2. Reading the Carmen: The Medieval Reception of the Carmen
  • PART II: PLANCTUS ANALYSIS
  • 3. The Planctus as a Series
  • 4. Specific Studies in the Planctus
  • PART III: CARMEN AD ASTRALABIUM TEXT
  • PART IV: PLANCTUS TEXT
  • Appendices.