Essays on Peter Abelard

The twelfth century was a period of revolutionary changes in religious, cultural, social, and intellectual life in Europe. The movement for the renewal of the marriage institution grew rapidly at that time. People awakened the question of the relevance of sexual and emotional aspects in…

What is meant when it is said that someone is an individual? Are not all people individuals, each being perfectly capable of free will and of choosing his or her own path? Does this ability for choice create the individual, or are individuals those who…

The Letters of Abelard and Heloise In The Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Peter Abelard, Heloise joins the convent and many years after their love affair decides to contact Abelard again. Although Abelard hadn’t completely forgotten about Heloise and their relationship, he didn’t even…

Peter Abelard and Heloise d’Argenteuil engaged in an illicit relationship over 900 years ago in medieval France. Abelard was a scholastic philosopher of notable prominence in Paris, who was taken in by a canon named Fulbert to educate his niece, Heloise. She had a reputation…