French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)

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Abelard and Heloise: monument in Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Coloured drawing with gouache.

Abelard and Heloise: monument in Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Etching after Gaucherel.

Abelard and Eloise confessing their love to his brother monks and her sister nuns. Coloured stipple engraving by Miss Martin after B. Pernotin.

Abelard and Heloise: monument at the monastery of La Trappe, France. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1818, after W.D. Fellowes.

Realists and nominalists / by Meyrick H. Carré.

Making love in the twelfth century : letters of two lovers in context / a new translation with commentary by Barbara Newman.

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Peter Abelard

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Images featuring Peter Abelard

Works from the collections

Abelard and Heloise: monument at the monastery of La Trappe, France. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1818, after W.D. Fellowes.

Realists and nominalists / by Meyrick H. Carré.

Making love in the twelfth century : letters of two lovers in context / a new translation with commentary by Barbara Newman.

Abelard and Eloise confessing their love to his brother monks and her sister nuns. Coloured stipple engraving by Miss Martin after B. Pernotin.

Abelard and Heloise: monument in Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Etching after Gaucherel.

Peter Abelard

Images from the collections

Images featuring Peter Abelard

Works from the collections

Abelard and Heloise: monument at the monastery of La Trappe, France. Coloured aquatint by J. Clark, 1818, after W.D. Fellowes.

Realists and nominalists / by Meyrick H. Carré.

Making love in the twelfth century : letters of two lovers in context / a new translation with commentary by Barbara Newman.

Abelard and Eloise confessing their love to his brother monks and her sister nuns. Coloured stipple engraving by Miss Martin after B. Pernotin.

Abelard and Heloise: monument in Père Lachaise cemetery, Paris. Etching after Gaucherel.

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