ABSTRACT
In addition, Heloise also successfully approached Abelard for new hymns for the office at the Paraclete. There are two clear indications, besides Peter Abelard's writings for Heloise and the Paraclete, of Abelard's contacts with other groups of religious women. At Cluny Miss McLaughlin revealed many thematic and verbal links between the Letters and Abelard's other writings36 and Professor von Moos through his study of quotations from Lucan has added to this understanding by articles on Cornelia and Heloise37 and on Lucan and Abelard. Professor Robertson describes some of the 'high points' of the history of the legend of Heloise. By this he means in particular the interest that arose in the seventeenth century in the amorous passion and in the emotional experience of Heloise. Moreover, as Peter von Moos has insisted, Abelard tried to convert Heloise. So Heloise could not have been responsible for collecting all the legislative material that follows the letter-collection in the Troyes manuscript.
