A re-telling of the true 12th century love story of Heloise and Abelard. Abelard is a great philosopher and theologian who has taken, like many academics of the time, a vow of celibacy. When he is hired as a tutor for the brilliant and beautiful Hel...
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"These letters show a great contest between two people, but also a contest of the two people against the whole rest of their age... Heloise has a deep attachment to the Holy but also a savage indignation toward God. Abelard refuses to match her in that, but, because of her, he finds it possible to stand against the whole world - for the world. For the human, and for the holy - both! How was that? What sort of faith makes that possible?" - James Carroll, The Cloister
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