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Héloïse as a nun in her cell contemplating the Holy Cross. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1792.

Abelard and Eloise confessing their love to his brother monks and her sister nuns. Coloured stipple engraving by Miss Martin after B. Pernotin.

Making love in the twelfth century : letters of two lovers in context / a new translation with commentary by Barbara Newman.

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Héloïse, approximately 1095-1163 or 1164

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Making love in the twelfth century : letters of two lovers in context / a new translation with commentary by Barbara Newman.

Abelard and Eloise confessing their love to his brother monks and her sister nuns. Coloured stipple engraving by Miss Martin after B. Pernotin.

Héloïse as a nun in her cell contemplating the Holy Cross. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1792.