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You will love this book if you enjoy true love stories told in the lovers' own voices, or if you like to see how people argue with their own hearts.
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What happens when the most admired teacher in Paris falls in love with his own pupil, and a savage act of revenge ends their life together? Years later she opens a letter never meant for her. An old fire burns again, and she begins to write.
This book gathers the letters of Peter Abelard, a philosopher who died in 1142, and Heloise, the learned young woman he taught, loved and married in secret. She later heads a convent called the Paraclete. A short history opens the book, six letters follow, and two English poems close it. Each asks one question. Can love be turned into devotion, or only buried?
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- 1A brilliant student gives up everything for logicFree
- 2Love grows in the house of Fulbert
- 3Heloise resists marriage and Fulbert takes revenge
- 4Abelard finds new enemies in the cloister
- 5Heloise writes to claim her place beside him
- 6Abelard answers with guilt and a call to God
- 7Heloise confesses her divided heart
- 8Abelard ends the letters and later poems answer them
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A brilliant student gives up everything for logic
The story begins with Abelard writing to a grieving friend named Philintus. To ease his friend's pain, he offers his own, which he says is far greater. He admits he was born fickle. He also names his gifts. His mind is lively and quick, and he is vain about it.
His father loves war but also books, and trains his sons in letters and in arms. Abelard, the eldest, hands his birthright to his brothers so that he can study. He travels from province to province looking for opponents, like another Alexander. At last he reaches Paris and joins the school of Champeaux. Abelard presses his arguments so forcefully that his master cannot answer them, and cannot forgive it. It is sometimes dangerous, Abelard says, to have too much merit.
He sets up his own schools and draws crowds that eclipse his old teacher. Then he turns to theology. He finds the teacher Anselm to be a tree covered in leaves that bears no fruit, so he studies Scripture himself, and students soon fill his lecture room. He is now safe in harbor, as he puts it. Then he adds a warning that shapes the whole book. The mind at ease is the mind most open to love.
A mind that trusts only its own cleverness is least ready for what comes next.
That’s 1 of 8 key points.
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Who’s who
- Peter Abelard
- A celebrated teacher of logic and theology in Paris, he becomes Heloise's tutor and lover.
- Heloise
- A remarkably learned young woman, she is Fulbert's niece and Abelard's pupil and lover.
- Fulbert
- A canon of Notre-Dame and Heloise's uncle, he entrusts her education to Abelard.
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- LengthAbout 48,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 3 h 10 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 12 other languages
Questions about Briefe von Abälard und Heloise
What is the Letters of Abelard and Heloise about?
It follows a philosopher and his brilliant pupil from their love affair through marriage and forced separation into religious life. The letters show how each tries to turn passion into faith and how hard it is to let the past go.
Who were Abelard and Heloise?
Abelard was a leading teacher of logic and theology in twelfth century Paris. Heloise was a learned young woman he taught and married in secret. After their separation she became head of the convent called the Paraclete.
Who is Fulbert in the letters?
Fulbert is a canon of Paris and Heloise's guardian, called her uncle. He takes Abelard into his house to teach her. When he learns of the affair and later the marriage, he plots a cruel revenge.
What does the Paraclete mean in the book?
The Paraclete is the name Abelard gives to the chapel he builds in the wilderness, meaning the Comforter, a title for the Holy Spirit. It later becomes the convent where Heloise lives and leads.
Cite this edition
Peter Abelard, and Héloïse. Letters of Abelard and Heloise. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/letters-of-abelard-and-heloise.
Peter Abelard, & Héloïse. (2026). Letters of Abelard and Heloise. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/letters-of-abelard-and-heloise (Original work published ca. 1135)
Peter Abelard, and Héloïse. Letters of Abelard and Heloise. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/letters-of-abelard-and-heloise.
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