Article: Heloise and Abelard: A Twelfth-Century Love Story

HELOISE AND ABELARD: A TWELFTH-CENTURY LOVE STORY by James Burge Profile Books, L16.99, pp. 301, ISBN 1861974175

The grand passion of a philosopher

Abelard has been made to play many roles in French history. In 1796 Alexandre Lenoir created the first museum of French national monuments. The French Revolution had abolished the past, but they thought that the French people should know about it. So the tombs of the French kings illustrated the continuity of French history, and alongside their magnificence the pathetic remains of Abelard and Heloise demonstrated the wickedness of the Ancien Regime. Those who visited the museum showed their sympathy for these victims of fanaticism and ...

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