WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
Peter Abélard cover

Peter Abélard

Chapter 18: INDEX
By Joseph McCabe
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

BiographiesHistory - EuropeanHistory - Medieval/Middle AgesPhilosophy & Ethics

About This Book

The author reconstructs the life, intellectual labors, and personal trials of Peter Abélard, charting his rise as a provocative teacher, the passionate and revealing correspondence with Heloise, and the ecclesiastical conflicts that led to public condemnation and monastic retreat. Drawing on Abélard’s letters and contemporary chronicles, the narrative interweaves biography, analysis of his major arguments in logic and theology, and the cultural context of twelfth-century scholastic and monastic life to illuminate the tensions between reason, authority, and personal experience.

INDEX

  • Bacon, Roger, and Abélard, 338.
  • Bajolard, 11.
  • Baldwin, monk, 15.
  • Bayle on Heloise, 232, 242.
  • Bec, 13.
  • Bede, Venerable, on St. Denis, 169, 173.
  • Benedictines, the, 13.
  • Bérenger, father of Abélard, 5, 52.
  • —— of Poitiers, 54, 344.
  • —— pupil of Abélard, 132, 255, 283, 288-90, 310.
  • Bernard of Chartres, 14.
  • —— of Clairvaux, St., 16, 30, 37, 49, 51, 53, 62, 73, 126, 151, 176, 189, 190, 193, 195-96, 214, 257, 259-78, 281, 283-310, 314-18, 320.
  • —— of Cluny (quoted), 133.
  • Bible, Abélard’s opinion concerning, 335.
  • Boetius, 25, 76.
  • Breviary, Roman, the, 169.
  • Brittany, people of, 205.
  • Buchanan’s (Robert) New Abailard, 229.
  • Burchard, Bishop of Meaux, 177.
  • Burglary, a mediæval, 57.
  • Burning of Abélard’s works, 158, 307.
  • Bussy-Rabutin on Heloise, 228.
  • Calixtus, Pope, 164.
  • Calumniation of Abélard, 85, 116, 292-305.
  • Cambridge, founding of University of, 199.
  • Canonesses, 43.
  • Canons, regular, 35.
  • —— secular, 43.
  • Cathedral of Paris, 20, 22.
  • Celibacy, law of, 89, 108.
  • Cells, 128, 135.
  • Cemetery of Père Lachaise, 96, 328.
  • Century of iron, the, 1.
  • Challenge of Bernard, 270.
  • Charlemagne, 13.
  • Chartres, 14, 15.
  • Chateaubriand on Heloise, 242.
  • Church, service to, of Abélard, 221.
  • Cistercians, the, 35, 209, 263, 321.
  • Clairvaux, abbey of, 189, 196.
  • Cluny, abbey of, 13, 312, 320.
  • Colardeau on Heloise, 228.
  • Cologne, Council of, on reason, 332.
  • Commentary on Epistle to the Romans, Abélard’s, 256, 336.
  • Compayré (quoted), 30.
  • Conceptualism, 29.
  • Condemnation of Abélard, first, 157.
  • ——  —— second, 286.
  • ——  —— at Rome, 307.
  • Confession, Abélard’s opinion concerning, 280, 316.
  • —— Champeaux’s opinion concerning, 53.
  • —— of Abélard, 81.
  • ——  —— Augustine, and Rousseau compared, 222.
  • Conon, Bishop of Praeneste, 150, 152-60, 167.
  • —— Duke of Brittany, 201, 217.
  • Conversion of Abélard, 120.
  • Corbeil, 31.
  • Corruption of monasteries, 93, 125, 203, 216.
  • —— of nunneries, 208, 209.
  • —— of the clergy, 34, 89, 90, 92.
  • Cotter Morison on Abélard, 85, 101, 109, 116, 193, 267.
  • Cousin (quoted), 24, 76.
  • —— on Heloise, 251.
  • Crevier (quoted), 67, 94.
  • Crusades, the, 2.
  • Dagobert, brother of Abélard, 216, 218, 323.
  • Dark Ages, the, 6.
  • Death of Abélard, 324.
  • Denis, St., controversy about, 169, 173.
  • Denyse, sister of Abélard, 114.
  • Deutsch (quoted), 8, 37, 109, 131, 143, 146, 173, 223, 255, 263, 276, 338.
  • Development of Abélard’s ideas, 345.
  • Dialectics of Abélard, 323.
  • —— study of, 12, 14, 16, 24, 31.
  • Dialogue, the, of Abélard, 140.
  • Dubois on the corruption of the clergy, 90.
  • Duboulai (quoted), 133.
  • End of the world, 1.
  • Episcopal Schools, 14.
  • Eremetical life of Abélard, 181.
  • Ethical opinions of Abélard, 279.
  • Ethics, the, of Abélard, 257.
  • Étienne de Garlande, 92, 133, 177, 179, 180.
  • Eucharist, opinion of Abélard concerning, 279, 335.
  • Eudes of Orleans, 14.
  • Evil, Abélard’s opinion concerning, 279, 316.
  • Expulsion of canons, 44.
  • —— of monks, 217.
  • —— of nuns, 208, 209.
  • Ezechiel, Abélard’s lectures on, 62.
  • Galo, Bishop of Paris, 44, 50, 209.
  • Galton, Mr. (quoted), 28.
  • Games of Students, 70.
  • Gaufridus Vindoniencensis, 51, 53.
  • Genera and species, question of, 25.
  • Geoffrey, Bishop of Chartres, 154, 156, 158, 167, 179, 197, 208, 264, 284, 294.
  • —— of the Stag’s Neck, 161, 164, 167, 284.
  • Gervaise, Dom. (quoted), 34, 161.
  • Gilbert de la Porée, 254, 282, 288.
  • Gilbert, Bishop of Paris, 129, 146.
  • Goswin, St., 45, 164, 167.
  • Grammar, study of, 14, 15.
  • Gréard’s translation of the Letters, 225, 230.
  • Great Bridge, the, 18.
  • Greek, Abélard’s knowledge of, 75.
  • —— Heloise’s knowledge of, 101, 249.
  • —— thought, influence on mediæval, 64.
  • Guido of Castello, 302.
  • Guizot, Mme. (quoted), 8, 225.
  • Incarnation, Abélard’s opinion concerning, 279.
  • Influence of Abélard, 329.
  • Innocent II., Pope, 43, 77, 213, 292-301, 307, 320.
  • Intolerance of Christian nations, 199.
  • Introductio ad theologiam, the, of Abélard, 256.
  • Investitures, question of, 276.
  • Ivo, Bishop of Chartres, 14.
  • —— Cardinal, 303.
  • Know Thyself, Abélard’s, 257.
  • Lalanne on the Letters, 229.
  • Lanfranc, 13.
  • Laon, 56.
  • Latin Quarter, the, 42, 45.
  • Latinity of Abélard, 74, 221.
  • —— of Heloise, 101, 232.
  • Learning of Abélard, 74.
  • —— of Heloise, 100, 104.
  • —— of women in twelfth century, 100.
  • Letter of Abélard to Abbot Adam, 172.
  • ——  —— to St. Bernard, 267.
  • ——  —— to Roscelin, 147.
  • —— of St. Bernard to French bishops, 274.
  • ——  —— to St. Thierry, 194, 266.
  • —— of Peter the Venerable to Heloise, 322, 325.
  • —— of Roscelin to Abélard, 148.
  • —— of St. Thierry to Bernard, 258, 263-65.
  • Letters of Abélard and Heloise, 224-49, 318.
  • ——  ——  —— authenticity of, 229.
  • —— of St. Bernard to the Pope, 292-99.
  • ——  —— to the Roman cardinals, 301-305.
  • Letter-writing in the twelfth century, 232.
  • Lex talionis, 94, 129.
  • Liaison of Abélard and Heloise, 84, 102-19.
  • Licence to teach, when necessary, 30, 39.
  • Licentiousness of Abélard, alleged, 85, 116, 131.
  • Lisiard de Crespy, 154.
  • Little Bridge, the, 19.
  • Locmenach, 9, 202.
  • Lotulphe of Novare, 62, 137, 150, 154, 167, 189.
  • Louis, King, 21, 43, 171, 176, 180, 272, 276, 282.
  • Lucan (quoted), 123.
  • Lucia, Abélard’s mother, 5, 49, 52.
  • Mabillon on Abélard’s orthodoxy, 318.
  • Maisoncelle, 136.
  • Manasses, Bishop of Meaux, 285.
  • Manegold of Alsace, 21.
  • Map, Walter, on St. Bernard, 318.
  • Marianne Alcoforado and Heloise, 227, 241.
  • Marriage of Abélard and Heloise, 111, 114.
  • Married priests, 91, 203.
  • Mathematics, not studied by Abélard, 12, 16.
  • Melun, 30, 39.
  • Metellus, Hugo, 11.
  • Miracles exposed by Abélard, 192.
  • Monasteries, 2, 93, 125, 203, 216.
  • Monastic festivals, 127.
  • —— life, history of, by Abélard, 248.
  • —— rule, by Abélard and Heloise, 246.
  • —— spirit, the, 49.
  • Moors, the, 198.
  • Moral classification, 195.
  • —— codes, divergence of, 87.
  • Morals of the twelfth century, 89.
  • Moriacum, 9.
  • Morigni, abbey of, 213.
  • Muratori (quoted), 22.
  • Music, Abélard’s knowledge of, 15.
  • Mutilation of Abélard, 120.
  • Nations at Paris, 67, 69, 70, 130.
  • Neander (quoted), 265.
  • Nevers, Count de, 282, 284.
  • Newman, Cardinal, on Abélard, 88, 246.
  • Nicholas de Montier-Ramey, St. Bernard’s Secretary, 305, 317.
  • Nobles of France and the King, 178.
  • Noël Alexandre on Abélard, 318.
  • Nogent-sur-Seine, 181.
  • Nominalism, 27.
  • Norbert, St., 43, 189, 191.
  • Notre Dame, cathedral of, 20, 22.
  • ——  —— cloistral school of, 22, 36, 38, 41, 53, 64, 66.
  • Number of Abélard’s pupils, 67, 136, 184.
  • Nunneries, 50, 51, 208.
  • Occam, William, 343.
  • Omnebene of Bologna, 339.
  • Ordeal, the, 57, 95.
  • Orelli on the Letters, 229.
  • Original sin, Abélard’s view of, 280, 316.
  • Otto von Freising (quoted), 8, 72, 136, 155, 286, 318.
  • Palace school, the, 13.
  • Pallet, 4.
  • Papal court in France, 213.
  • —— schism, 213, 296.
  • Paraclete, the, 183, 188, 211, 214, 267, 328.
  • Parentage of Abélard, 5.
  • —— of Heloise, 97.
  • Paris, 18, 65, 68.
  • Paschal, Pope, 92, 132.
  • Peter the Eater, 38.
  • —— the Lombard, 342.
  • —— the Venerable, 97, 99, 312, 321, 325, 326.
  • Philip, King, death of, 38.
  • ——  —— palace of, 20.
  • Philippe Auguste, 68, 77.
  • Pius IX. on reason, 332.
  • Plato, 65, 73, 76, 80.
  • Poetry of Abélard, 102, 106, 187.
  • Poison, attempts on life of Abélard by, 216.
  • Poole, Mr. (quoted), 10, 12, 102, 173, 182, 194, 287.
  • Pope’s Heloise, 225, 226, 241.
  • Porphyry, 24, 25.
  • Portuguese Letters, the, 225, 227, 228.
  • Pré-aux-clercs, the, 45, 70.
  • Predecessors of Abélard, 344.
  • Predestination, Abélard’s opinion on, 280.
  • Prémontré, 191.
  • Premonstratensians, the, 191, 192.
  • Priest, Abélard as a, 107.
  • Priories, 128, 135.
  • Priscian, mediæval study of, 15, 41.
  • Problems of Heloise, the, 250.
  • Profession, religious, of Heloise, 122.
  • Pupils of Abélard, 78, 254.
  • Quadrivium, the, 14.
  • Quarrel over Abélard’s body, 325.
  • Ralph of Laon, 55.
  • —— the Green, 138, 150, 154.
  • Rashdall (quoted), 13, 67, 94.
  • Rationalism of Abélard, 140, 144, 259, 261, 324, 330, 334, 341, 344.
  • Raynard, Abbot of Cîteaux, 314.
  • Realism, 27, 29.
  • Reason and faith, 140, 144, 261, 324, 330.
  • Reconciliation of Abélard and St. Bernard, 314.
  • Reformation, the, 341, 343.
  • Rémusat (quoted), 32, 77, 97.
  • Reuter on Abélard, 339.
  • Rhetoric, study of, 14, 36.
  • Rhuys, 204.
  • Robert of Arbrissel, 37, 49, 50, 51.
  • —— of Melun, 38.
  • Roland of Bologna, 339, 342.
  • Roman de la Rose, the, 231.
  • Rome, Abélard’s respect for, 276.
  • —— avarice and corruption of, 131.
  • Rome and reason, 330-33.
  • Roscelin, Jean, 7, 9, 27, 32, 41, 50, 117, 147, 344.
  • Rousseau and Abélard, 222.
  • Rousseau’s Nouvelle Heloïse, 228, 230, 241.
  • Rousselot, 23, 26.
  • Sabellianism, charge of, 155.
  • Samson, Archbishop of Rheims, 282, 284, 292.
  • Saracens, the, in Spain, 65, 198, 342.
  • Scholastic philosophy, the, 25.
  • Scholasticus, 22.
  • School life, 69.
  • Schoolmen and Abélard, the, 338, 340, 341, 342.
  • Schools of France, the, 13.
  • —— Paris, the, 21, 65, 68.
  • Scotus Erigena, 344, 346.
  • —— J. Duns, 342.
  • Sens, 270, 272, 283.
  • —— Council of, 155, 166, 270, 272, 281-86.
  • Sententiae Abaelardi, the, 108, 257, 317, 342.
  • Sermons of Abélard, 250.
  • Sexual ideas in twelfth century, 88.
  • Sic et Non, the, 143, 342.
  • Simony, prevalence of, 92.
  • Sins committed in ignorance, Abélard’s opinion on, 280, 316, 335.
  • Soissons, 151.
  • —— Council of, 153, 166.
  • Song of Songs in Middle Ages, 257, 260.
  • St. Denis, abbey of, 13, 15, 21, 124-29, 133, 167, 168.
  • —— Genevieve, abbey of, 18, 21, 42, 43.
  • —— Germain of Auxerre, abbey of, 21.
  • —— Germain of the Meadow, abbey of, 21.
  • —— Gildas, abbey of, 9, 202-6.
  • —— Martin in the Fields, abbey of, 21.
  • —— Médard, abbey of, 161, 163.
  • —— Hilary, church of, 255.
  • —— Genevieve, hill of, 18, 41, 254.
  • —— Landry, port of, 19.
  • —— Ayoul, priory of, 172.
  • —— Marcellus, priory of, 324.
  • St. Victor, priory of, 21, 33.
  • ——  —— school of, 36, 48, 53, 67, 341.
  • Stephen of Praeneste, Card., 305.
  • Story of my calamities, the, 81, 193, 220.
  • Students’ life, 69, 90, 94, 185.
  • Suger, Abbot, 21, 44, 132, 175, 177, 180, 201, 206.
  • Teaching of Abélard, 71.
  • Theobald of Champagne, Count, 135, 172, 174, 197, 284.
  • Theologia Christiana, the, 256.
  • Theological opinions of Abélard, 278-80, 329, 336.
  • Theology, teaching of, 55, 61, 139.
  • Tholuck on Abélard as theologian, 336.
  • Thomas of Aquin, St., 74, 335, 342.
  • Tirricus, Master, 10, 12, 14, 32, 159.
  • Tournai, 14.
  • Traditionalism, 331.
  • Travelling in the twelfth century, 6.
  • Treatise on Baptism, the, of St. Bernard, 267.
  • Trinity, Abélard’s works on the, 144, 279, 340.
  • —— statue of, at the Paraclete, 188.
  • Tri-theism, charge of, 152, 155, 188, 316.
  • Trivium, the, 14.
  • Turlot (quoted), 98.
  • Universals, problem of, 25, 38.
  • University of Paris, 64, 65.
  • Vatican Council, the, on reason, 333.
  • Vaughan, Roger, on Abélard, 26, 341.
  • Violence of the twelfth century, 93, 110.
  • Vitalis the Norman, 51.
  • Weakness of Abélard, 109.
  • William of Canterbury, 55.
  • —— of Champeaux, 22, 23, 27, 33, 36, 48, 52, 55, 137, 195.
  • —— of Dijon, 14.
  • —— of St. Thierry, 194, 257.
  • Women and saints, 215.
  • —— disguised as monks, 51.
  • —— school for, 21, 42, 100.
  • Works of Abélard, 140, 256, 264.