Books by Joseph Thomas Muckle

The Story of Abelard's Adversities

by Peter Abelard, Joseph Thomas Muckle

Latin literature The 12th to the 14th century ...correspondence between Abelard and Héloïse reflects themes found in both verse collections. Abelard’s autobiographical work, the Historia calamitatum (written c. 1136; The Story of Abelard’s Adversities), recounts the story of his tragic love affair and its theological consequences.