Peter Abélard

by Joseph McCabe

---

INDEX

• Abélard, origin of name, [11].
• Aboilar, [11].
• Adam, Abbot of St. Denis, [126], [129], [134], [154], [168], [170], [174], [175].
• Adam of the Little Bridge, [38].
• Alberic of Rheims, [62], [137], [150], [153], [154], [156], [157], [159], [167], [189], [195].
• Alvise, Bishop of Arras, [285].
• Anima mundi and the Holy Ghost, [279].
• Anselm Beessus, Canon of Laon, [56].
• —— of Laon, [55], [57], [58], [137], [196].
• —— St., [13], [27], [55].
• Antagonism of Abélard and St. Bernard, [260], [261], [277], [330].
• Anti-pope, the, [213], [314].
• Apology of Abélard, [315].
• Appeal to Rome, [285]-[87].
• Arabic, study of, [15].
• Argenteuil, nunnery of, [100], [105], [115], [207].
• Aristotle, [25], [65], [73], [76].
• Arnold of Brescia, [199], [254], [270], [276], [283], [291], [296], [307], [310], [316].
• Asceticism, Heloise on, [247].
• Astrolabe, son of Abélard, [114], [218], [323], [327].
• Attempts on Abélard’s life, [216], [217].
• Aventinus, [8].

• 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].

• Faith, Abélard’s opinions on, [144], [261], [330].
• Feast of Fools, [94].
• Flight from St. Denis, [172].
• —— from St. Gildas, [217].
• Fontevraud, abbey of, [50].
• Fulbert, Canon, [97], [98], [100], [102], [107], [110], [114], [119], [129].
• Fulques, Prior, [69], [72], [86], [117], [119], [130].

• 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].

• Hallam (quoted), [225].
• Hatton, Bishop of Troyes, [172], [183], [285].
• Hausrath (quoted), [55], [71], [98], [131], [163], [173], [255], [263], [265].
• Haymerick, Roman Chancellor, [301], [302].
• Hebrew, Abélard’s knowledge of, [76].
• —— Heloise’s knowledge of, [101], [249].
• —— study of, [15].
• Hefele, Father (quoted), [193], [273].
• Helias, Bishop of Orleans, [285].
• Heloise, [71], [75], [77], [84], [87], [96]-[116], [121]-[23], [209]-[13], [221], [224]-[52], [267], [318], [325]-[28].
• —— home of, [104].
• Henry the Boar, Archbishop of Sens, [270], [282], [284], [292].
• Hilary, pupil of Abélard, [186].
• Hoel, Duke of Brittany, [5].
• Honorius, Pope, [207].
• Hugo, Bishop of Auxerre, [284].
• Hyacinth, pupil of Abélard, [255], [283], [288], [298], [302].
• Hymns of Abélard, [249].