Mews, Constant J.
Senior Lecturer, Department of History, and Director for Studies in Religion and Theology, Monash University
Print publication date: 2005 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2005
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515688-1
doi:10.1093/0195156889.003.0002
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2005
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515688-1
doi:10.1093/0195156889.003.0002
1 Images of Abelard and Heloise
Images of Abelard and Heloise. This chapter discusses images of Abelard and Heloise from the 12th to the 20th centuries. It observes how the controversial character of their relationship, as well as accusations of heresy made by St. Bernard have created stereotyped images of Abelard and Heloise as rebels against authority and the religious life that do not do full justice to their intellectual achievement. They were not lovers, but thinkers.
Keywords: Abelard, Heloise, authority, heresy, religious life, lovers
Keywords: Abelard, Heloise, authority, heresy, religious life, lovers
doi:10.1093/0195156889.003.0002
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