An Autobiography by Peter Abèlard
Translated by Henry Adams Bellows
Introduction by Ralph Adams Cram
Contents
- Introduction
Foreword
Chapter I
of the birthplace of Pierre Abèlard and of his parents
Chapter II
of the persecution he had from his master William of Champeaux--of his adventures at Melun, at Corbeil and at Paris--of his withdrawal from the city of the Parisians to Melun, and his return to Mont Ste. Geneviève--of his journey to his old home
Chapter III
of how he came to Laon to seek Anselm as teacher
Chapter IV
of the persecution he had from his teacher Anselm
Chapter V
of how he returned to Paris and finished the glosses which he had begun at Laon
Chapter VI
of how, brought low by his love for Hèloise, he was wounded in body and soul
Chapter VII
of the arguments of Hèloise against wedlock--of how none the less he made her his wife
Chapter VIII
of the suffering of his body--of how he became a monk in the monastery of St. Denis and Hèloise a nun at Argenteuil
Chapter IX
of his book on theology and his persecution at the hands of his fellow students--of the council against him
Chapter X
of the burning of his book--of the persecution he had at the hands of his abbot and the brethren
Chapter XI
of his teaching in the wilderness
Chapter XII
of the persecution directed against him by sundry new enemies or, as it were, apostles
Chapter XIII
of the abbey to which he was called and of the persecution he had from his sons, that is to say the monks, and from the lord of the land
Chapter XIV
of the evil report of his iniquity
Chapter XV
of the perils of his abbey and of the reasons for the writing of this his letter
Appendix
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