Peter Abelard
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Peter Abelard was a French philosopher, logician, theologian, composer, and poet.
Depiction by Antoni Oleszczyński, before 1841
Statue of Abelard at Louvre Palace in Paris by Jules Cavelier
Dedicatory panel in the Père Lachaise Cemetery
Peter Abelard and Heloïse in a manuscript of the Roman de la Rose (14th century)
Heloise
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Héloïse, variously Héloïse d'Argenteuil or Héloïse du Paraclet, was a French nun, philosopher, writer, scholar, and abbess.
Peter Abelard
…correspondence. In history and popular culture he is best known for his love affair and philosophical exchange with his student and eventual wife, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. Abelard, originally called "Pierre le Pallet", was born c. 1079 in Le Pallet, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Nantes, in Brittany, the eldest son of a…
Heloise World Noted Women
Jean-Baptiste Goyet, Héloïse et Abailard, oil on copper, c. 1829
Heloise takes the habit at Argenteuil.
Heloise at the Abbey of the Paraclete by Jean-Baptiste Mallet