Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Peter Abelard: Historia Calamitatum Peter Abelard: Historia Calamitatum The Story of My Misfortunes translated by Henry Adams Bellows copyright 1922 Peter Abelard (1079-1142) was one of the great intellectuals of the 12th century, with especial importance in the field of logic. His tendency to ...

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Jacques Maritain Center : Readings Abelard Abelard, Peter, dialectician, philosopher, and theologian, b. 1079; d. 1142. Peter Abelard (also spelled Abeillard, Abailard, etc., while the best MSS. have Abaelardus) was born in the little village of Pallet, about ten miles east of Nantes in Brittany. His father, Berengar, was lord of the village, his mother's name was Lucia; both afterwards entered ...

Abelard of Le Pallet, introduction I am being repeatedly asked questions about the original Abelard; I have therefore decided to put up some notes. I tend to write as a means of avoiding the need for continual repetition. I go along with the dictum on the seal of the great mathematician Gauss, few but seasoned (pauca sed matura). However the pressures to answer questions is great. Therefore, I ...

Abelard and Heloise: a parable of creative transcendence ...

The heavenly birthday of Anselm is also that of Peter Abelard, a brilliant lecturer, debater, and philosopher of the following generation. Anselm and Abelard are often regarded as two poles in Christian understanding of the Atonement (see articles cited in the entry for Anselm). (Note: In books and articles about Abelard, you may find references to his dealings, not always friendly, with a ...

A brief biography of Peter Abelard (1079-1142). This page includes an appreciation of Abelard by Charles Homer Haskins from his classic book, The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century (1927) ...

Peter Abelard was a mediaeval philosopher, well known with his love letters with Heloise. Abelard ...