Storia delle mie disgrazie e Lettere d'amore di Eloisa
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788879837170 (8879837176)
Publish date: October 1994
Publisher: Newton Compton
Edition language: Italian
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...
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