Peter
Abelard, 1079-1142
- one of the most famous teachers of
the Middle ages, for his brains, and his mistakes - he had a love affair with Heloise, a girl 20
years younger and his student which was the most famous romance of the Middle Ages - he
eventually married her, but her uncle was so angry that the uncle hired thugs to castrate
Abelard
- they both took monastic vows and
never saw each other again - a devoted Christian, but an intellectual ‘show-off’, some of
his ideas were later condemned by a church council, and Abelard retired to Cluny where he
died - his most famous work was Sic et Non, “Yes and No,” a collection of contradictory
statements by church authorities on a number of theological issues (e.g. is it ever permissable
to lie, etc.), which influenced many people to study, and others to despair that there was one
united voice of the church
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