The Story of My Misfortunes (Historia Calamitatum)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00C44YS8U
Publish date: March 29th 2013
Publisher: Fig
Pages no: 77
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...
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