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Definition: Abelard from Collins English Dictionary

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1 Peter. French name Pierre Abélard. 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher and theologian whose works include Historia Calamitatum and Sic et Non (1121). His love for Héloïse is recorded in their correspondence

Abelard

From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
Abailard, Peter 1079-1142 French philosopher and scholar Peter Abelard was born near Nantes in Brittany, the eldest son of a noble Breton house. He studied under Johannes Roscellinus at Tours and William of Champeaux in Paris, and enjoyed great success as a teacher and educator. In 1115 he was appointed lecturer in the cathedral school of Notre Dame in Paris, where his pupils included John of Salisbury . There he became tutor to Héloïse , the beautiful and talented 17-year-old niece of the canon Fulbert with whom he was lodging. They fell passionately in love, but when their affair was discovered, Fulbert threw Abelard out of the house. The couple fled to Brittany, where Héloïse gave birth to a son, Astrolabe. They returned to Paris, and were secretly married. Héloïse's outraged relatives took their revenge on Abelard by breaking into his bedroom one night and castrating him. Abelard fled in shame to the abbey of St Denis to become a monk, and Héloïse took the veil at Argenteuil as a…
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Full text Article Abelard, Peter (1079-1142)

From Encyclopedia of Philosophers on Religion
Abelard’s early religious instruction in his birthplace of Pallet, Britanny, would likely have included (in addition to Sunday sermons) learning basic prayers and creeds, selections from the bible, and lives of the saints. His father (who, like his wife, would eventually enter monastic life) wanted…
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Peter Abelard lived a life which could be called in its entirety what he called a portion of it: the story of his calamities. From the moment of his arrival in the logic schools of Paris, he was a figure of controversy. He successfully challenged the doctrines of his teacher William of Champeaux…
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Full text Article Abelard, Peter (1079–1142)

From Dictionary of World Monasticism
French Benedictine monk, abbot, scholastic philosopher, theologian, and logician. While a brilliant teacher and academic, he had a difficult personality and a checkered career. In 1115 or 1116, he became the tutor of Héloïse d'Argenteuil, the niece of the secular canon Fulbert, began an affair with…
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French ecclesiast and theologian. At the age of 38, he fell in love with his 17-year-old pupil Héloïse; when the affair was discovered, he was castrated by her relatives. He became a monk and went on to found the monastic school of the Paraclete and to serve as Abbot of St Gildas-de-Rhuys, Brittany. …
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Full text Article Peter Abelard (1079–1142)

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
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Full text Article Peter Abelard 1079–1142

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France, Paris, Portrait of Peter Abelard (1079 - 1142), French scholastic theologian and poet, print
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Full text Article Abelard and Héloïse

From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Peter Abelard (1079–1142), an eminent scholar, theologian and philosopher, studied under Guillaume de Champeaux ( c .1070–1171) and Anselm of Laon (1033–1109), and founded an internationally famous school of theology in Paris. At the age of 36 he became tutor to Héloïse, the beautiful 17-year-old…
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Full text Article Lombard, Peter

From Encyclopedia of World Religions: Encyclopedia of Catholicism
(b. ca. 1095–d. 1160) bishop of Paris, theologian, and biblical exegete Little is known of the early years of a poor child named Peter who later became one of the most influential medieval theologians. He was probably born in Novara, Italy, but grew up in Lombardy, which gave him his name. As a…
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French scholastic philosopher …The first key to wisdom, assiduous and frequent questioning…. By doubting we come to inquiry; by inquiry we perceive the truth … In Maurice, Frederick Denison Mediaeval Philosophy, Or, A Treatise of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy from the Fifth to the Fourteenth…
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