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Title
Astralabe : the life and times of the son of Heloise and Abelard / Brenda M. Cook.
ISBN
9783031320880 electronic book
3031320883 electronic book
9783031320873
3031320875
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 429 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-32088-0 doi
Call Number
BX4705.A2 C66 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
230/.2092
Summary
Two of the most notable figures from the Middle Ages -- the volatile, brilliant Abelard and the equally brilliant Heloise -- became the parents of their son Astralabe before Abelard's infamous, brutal castration. The couple spent the rest of their lives as monastics, in each other's orbits if not in shared presence, as they became movers in the glittering monastic world of the early twelfth-century France. What happened to their strangely named Astralabe? Astralabe: The Life and Times of the Son of Heloise and Abelard rescues the "lost son" from footnotes and fiction and attempts to tell instead the story of a real man living in Europe in the twelfth century. This book assembles the references to Astralabe, provides background in the history of France and Switzerland, uncovers Abelard's relationships with his family, with the ruling house of Brittany and more, and most importantly draws together all that is known of Astralabe. Brenda M. Cook is a British independent scholar and retired librarian of the Institute of Archeology, University of London.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on print version record.
Series
New Middle Ages (Palgrave (Firm)), 2945-5944
1. Star-Crossed Lovers: An Affair and its Consequences
2. Astralabe in Fiction 3. Astralabe in Fact
4. The "Distaff Side" : La Belle, La Sage Heloise
5. The Flight into Brittany
6. A Boy was born in Brittany
7. The "Spear Side" : Legend, Lore and Lineage
8. Son and Father; Mother and Son
9. The Song for young Astralabe
10. The Exorcism
11. Kith & Kin
12. Fortune's Wheel
13. A Monk in the Making
14. The Paraclete, the Abbess and her Son
15. Blood & Grief: the Foundation of the Cistercian Abbey of Hauterive
16. The Fourth Abbot
17. The Statue of Venus: the mystery of the Kaiserchronik
18. Conclusions.
