medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Cecilia Gaposchkin wrote:
>
> I am teaching the Letters of Abelard and Heloise for the
> first time in a number of years, and remain struck by how
> coherent a story they tell. I was wondering what the
> current thinking -- well, at least the list's current
> thinking -- on whether these are authentic or not. A
> younger version of myself was certain they were
> authentic, and clearly there is a kind of emotional or
> sentimental desire to believe this, though I'm amazed how
> the extraordinarily tight story they tell following the
> *Historia Calamatiarum*. So, I thought I'd throw this one
> out to the list and find out what you all think...
The following seems to be reasonably current, in that most of the
participants seem to be still extant...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/heloisedisc1.html
John Briggs
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