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    Peter Abelard (/ˈæbəlɑːrd/; French: Pierre Abélard [abelaʁ]; Latin: Petrus Abaelardus or Abailardus; c. 1079 – 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic...
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    University during the Middle Ages, after the twelfth century philosopher Pierre Abélard and his students took up residence there. The Latin Quarter is home...
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    Apennines, or at Macerata in the March of Ancona. Guido had studied under Pierre Abélard, and eventually became a distinguished master in the schools. Eventually...
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    vicinity of the University of Paris. In the 12th century, the philosopher Pierre Abélard helped create the neighborhood when, due to his controversial teaching...
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  • A list of notable French philosophers: Pierre Abélard Sylviane Agacinski Pierre d'Ailly Alain Ferdinand Alquié Louis Althusser Bernard Andrieu Anselm of...
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    "place of". Argenteuil was founded as a convent in the 7th century (see Pierre Abélard and the Convent of Argenteuil). The monastery that arose from the convent...
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    Eloisa to Abelard is a verse epistle by Alexander Pope that was published in 1717 and based on a well-known medieval story. Itself an imitation of a Latin...
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    philosophical subjects, the most remarkable of his works being his book on Pierre Abélard (2 vols., 1845). He had to leave France after the coup d'état; nor did...
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    perished in the deliberate burning of the church by Louis. The scholastic Pierre Abélard, famous for his love affair with and subsequent marriage to his student...
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  • school, named after Peter Abélard Abelard of Hauteville, Italian noble HMS Abelard, cancelled Amphion class submarine Abelard-Schuman, a defunct American...
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    Héloïse and Abélard. Mark Twain's comedic travelogue The Innocents Abroad (1869) tells a satirical, comedic version of the story of Abélard and Héloïse...
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    of 1877 with the librettist Louis Gallet. The "Master Pierre" of the title was Pierre Abélard, the twelfth century scholar-philosopher and lover of Heloise...
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    Lamennais and Pierre Abélard Max Jacob, Alfred Jarry, Victor Segalen, Xavier Grall, Jean Rouaud, Irène Frain, Herve Jaouen, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Pierre-Jakez...
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    which Bernard referred to Pierre Abélard as Goliath, thus creating a connection between Goliath and the student adherents of Abélard. By the 14th century,...
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  • is supposed to have been an Englishman. He was one of the pupils of Pierre Abélard at his oratory of the Paraclete, and addressed to him a copy of verses...
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    resting place. Then, in another great spectacle, the purported remains of Pierre Abélard and Héloïse d'Argenteuil were also transferred to the cemetery along...
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    Religious scholars such as Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, and Pierre Abélard wrote lengthy theological and philosophical treatises, often attempting...
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    Anselm of Canterbury (1033/4–1109) Marbodius of Rennes (c. 1035–1123) Pierre Abélard (1079–1142) Suger of St Denis (c. 1081–1151) Geoffrey of Monmouth (c...
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    faculty of law of the University of Bologna (the oldest in the world). Pierre Abélard, founder of modern law, was its precursor, as a teacher at the cathedral...
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    Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and acted as a guide during the First Crusade. Pierre Abélard (1079–1142): French scholastic philosopher and theologian. Forcibly...
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  • Vian Pauline Viardot, opera singer and composer Pedro Winter Zazie Pierre Abélard Louis Althusser Raymond Aron, sociologist and philosopher Jean le Rond...
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    "Sententiae Rolandi", a sentence collection displaying the influence of Pierre Abélard, but John T. Noonan and Rudolf Weigand have shown this to be another...
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    12th-century medieval French philosopher, scholar, teacher, and (later) monk Pierre Abélard. He was castrated by relatives of his lover, Héloïse. Bishop Wimund...
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    Abbey of the Paraclete near Nogent-sur-Seine, by his illustrious rival, Pierre Abélard and of which Héloïse d'Argenteuil was the first abbess. Bernard of Clairvaux...
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    Fragments of it were used in 1817 in making the canopy over the graves of Pierre Abélard and Héloïse d'Argenteuil at the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Nogent-sur-Seine...
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    Clairvaux, of his zeal against the heretics, and of the condemnation of Pierre Abélard; he also discourses on philosophy and theology. The second book opens...
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  • using the names in Synodal Menologia. The name was created to honor Pierre Abélard (romanized from Russian as Pyer Abelyar), a medieval French scholastic...
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  • Laplace Pierre-Sylvain Regis Pierre-Sylvain Régis Pierre Abailard Pierre Abélard Pierre Bayle Pierre Besnard Pierre Bourdieu Pierre Boutang Pierre Cally...
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    calamitatum, Pierre Abelard gives a short account of the strength of this belief and the monastery's harsh opposition to challenges to their claim. Abelard jokingly...
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  • 1932: Giuseppe Peano dies. 1109: Anselm of Canterbury dies. 1142: Pierre Abélard dies. 1805: James Martineau born. 1938: Muhammad Iqbal dies. 1998: Jean-François...
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