The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Unabridged)

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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise is one of the most extraordinary correspondences in European history. Written in the 12th century, the letters document the love affair between Peter Abelard, a revolutionary philosopher and biblical scholar, and his beautiful and precocious student, Heloise. Eviscerated by his religious opponents and castrated by Heloise’s family, Abelard is haunted by ill fortune, and the star-crossed lovers are forced into separate lives, as monk and nun respectively, with letters being their only form of communication. What unfolds is tragic and heartbreaking, but also fascinating. The letters gave rise to compelling philosophical, theological and sociological discussions, and they provide a window into the medieval mind as the everyday lives of the two lovers are laid bare through their passionate discourse.

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Item number	NA0304
Barcode	9781781981221
Release date	4/13/2018
Category	Spoken Word
Label	NAXOS AUDIO BOOKS
Media type	COMPACT DISC
Number of units	8

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Non-Classical Artist	Rintoul, David
	Cauthery, Gunnar
	Pettitt, Alison

Disc: 1
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Unabridged)		09:11:00
1	The Letters of Aberlard and Heloise	00:09:49	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
2	While all this was going on…	00:09:03	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
3	I was all on fire for the girl…	00:10:00	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
4	'But to leave aside for the moment this obstacle t	00:09:55	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
5	My wounds were still healing when my students star	00:09:48	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
6	'If, on the other hand, you would act according to	00:10:38	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
7	One day not long thereafter…	00:09:21	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar

Disc: 2
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Unabridged)		09:11:00
1	I can imagine the claim…	00:09:36	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
2	Their life at first was hard…	00:09:14	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
3	Now Satan has blocked my path.	00:07:16	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
4	First Letter - Heloise to Abelard	00:12:37	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
5	This notion goes beyond philosophy…	00:08:30	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
6	Second Letter - Abelard to Heloise	00:06:22	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
7	I hope all this will call you to your prayers	00:08:29	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar

Disc: 3
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Unabridged)		09:11:00
1	Third Letter - Heloise to Abelard	00:09:10	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
2	But me - Was it my sorry birthright…	00:13:13	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
3	Fourth Letter - Abelard to Heloise	00:11:00	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
4	I take it hard, then, that many members…	00:11:42	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
5	But if you look beyond God's justice…	00:11:41	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
6	Pity him in your grief…	00:10:18	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar

Disc: 4
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Unabridged)		09:11:00
1	Fifth Letter - Heloise to Abelard	00:09:49	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
2	All of the allowances he made…	00:11:13	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
3	Who hath woe?	00:09:56	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
4	Self-restraint is not a virtue of the body but of	00:12:36	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
5	Sixth Letter - Abelard to Heloise	00:09:04	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
6	Women prepared the spices for the burial of the Lo	00:09:30	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
7	Luke says, 'It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna…'	00:08:31	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar

Disc: 5
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Unabridged)		09:11:00
1	In earlier history, too…	00:10:02	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
2	Jerome comments on this passage:…	00:09:05	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
3	We also can count among these women…	00:19:16	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
4	Let me ask my brothers and my fellow monks…	00:09:59	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
5	I ask you then…	00:11:07	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
6	It is not strange at all…	00:13:05	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
7	Seventh Letter - Abelard to Heloise	00:11:13	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar

Disc: 6
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Unabridged)		09:11:00
1	We must avoid not only idle words…	00:11:59	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
2	Some of the holy Fathers went so far…	00:11:28	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
3	Now, if the Lord inspires me…	00:10:03	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
4	We become surety for a friend…	00:09:30	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
5	Since sobriety is necessary for all prelates…	00:10:30	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
6	When the man takes up his appointment as superior…	00:09:34	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
7	The cellaress will oversee everything having to do	00:10:46	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar

Disc: 7
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Unabridged)		09:11:00
1	Strict discipline must therefore be enforced.	00:11:22	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
2	After discussing the offense to his brother…	00:12:18	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
3	The single most important point in the rule…	00:10:20	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
4	In other words, if fasts are undertaken in fulfill	00:12:01	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
5	Now, since 'wine is a luxurious things…'	00:12:04	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
6	On the matter of fasting…	00:12:25	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar

Disc: 8
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Unabridged)		09:11:00
1	And so, these abbots and so-called superiors…	00:10:44	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
2	Saint Benedict also follows him in this, saying…	00:11:10	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
3	The greatest true Doctor of the Church…	00:11:41	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
4	The Questions of Heloise	00:03:58	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
5	Abelard's Confession of Faith	00:04:10	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
6	Letters of Heloise and Peter the Venerable	00:08:38	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
7	I myself would find it sweet to talk with you…	00:07:23	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
8	Heloise to Peter	00:02:21	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
9	Peter to Heloise	00:02:45	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar
10	The Absolution for Peter Abelard	00:00:50	Pettitt, Alison Rintoul, David Cauthery, Gunnar

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