🎧 Melvyn Bragg on Heloise and Abelard
🎧 Dan Snow's History Hit
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Melvyn Bragg talks to Dan about a philosopher and a scholar in the 12th century. Abelard was one of the best known theologians of the medieval era, and his love affair with Héloïse, characterised famously by the letters that they sent to each other are legendary. Producer: Natt Tapley Audio: Peter Curry
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