The love letters of Abelard and Heloise

About This Book

Almost one thousand years ago two people fell in love. Peter Abelard was the tutor of nineteen year old Heloise, and nearly twenty years her senior. It was a torrid affair, Heloise fell pregnant, and her guardian, Abbot Fulbert, plotted a hideous revenge. Abelard was seized and castrated. The lovers responded to this catastrophe by retreating into separate religious orders and seeking peace in the service of God.Years later a letter from Abelard to a friend falls by chance into Heloise’s possession. She writes to him and there follows a series of letters that, even today, has the power to shoc...