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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise are a series of passionate and intellectual correspondences written in Latin during the 12th century. The authors, Peter Abelard, a prominent theologian, and his pupil, Heloise, a gifted young woman later renowned as an abbess, exchanged these letters following their ill-fated love affair and subsequent monastic lives.
Héloïse. Héloïse ( French: [elɔ.iz]; c. 1100–01? [ 1] – 16 May 1163–64?), variously Héloïse d' Argenteuil [ 2] or Héloïse du Paraclet, [ 2] was a French nun, philosopher, writer, scholar, and abbess . Héloïse was a renowned "woman of letters" and philosopher of love and friendship, as well as an eventual high-ranking abbess in ...
Throughout the life of the poet Philip Larkin, multiple women had important roles which were significant influences on his poetry.Since Larkin's death in 1985, biographers have highlighted the importance of female relationships on Larkin: when Andrew Motion's biography was serialised in The Independent in 1993, the second installment of extracts was dedicated to the topic. [1]
Some of our 110 questions will make you laugh; others can improve your communication skills. The point is to learn more about your significant other, from their childhood and their views on love ...
Paul the Apostle and women. Saint Paul in the House of Priscilla and Aquila (17th century): Paul is at left, writing a letter; Priscilla is at right, spinning, and her husband Aquila is in the background; both were tentmakers. The relationship between Paul the Apostle and women is an important element in the theological debate about ...
Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister is a three-volume roman à clef by Aphra Behn playing with events of the Monmouth Rebellion and exploring the genre of the epistolary novel. The first volume, published in 1684, lays some claim to be the first English novel. Some scholars claim that the attribution to Behn remains in dispute.
The letters were originally published in German in 1952 as Briefe an Milena, edited by Willy Haas, who decided to delete certain passages which he thought might hurt people who were still alive at the time. The collection was first published in English by Schocken Books in 1953, translated by Tania and James Stern.
In today's "Financially Savvy Female" column, we chat with Shelly-Ann Eweka, CFP, senior director of financial planning strategy at TIAA, about the three biggest money mistakes women make in...