Historia calamitatum - The story of my misfortunes
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781406763324 (1406763322)
Publish date: March 1st 2007
Publisher: Abelard Press
Pages no: 132
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Philosophy,
French Literature
I've never understood why the story of Abelard and Heloise is considered romantic. Abelard was a self-centered whiner who seems to have had no reservations about violating his monastic vows and the trust of his employer. He finagled a teaching position with the plan of beating his student so that sh...