Even AbelardÆs mentors resent him for his mental prowess which typically highlights their own theories as incomplete or invalid. In AbelardÆs Historia Calamitatum, we see that education and the advance of science are viewed as a threat to the authority and power of religion. In Historia Calamitatum, however, Abelard definitely commits a sin when he consummates his relationship with Heloise, resulting in the birth of a child and his castration by her angry relatives.ĭespite this major distinction, one an imagined sin and one a real sin, both works demonstrate the fanatical, hypocritical, and dominant institution of religion during the middle ages. The charges of heresy against her are primarily hearsay and from secondhand accounts. One of the most significant distinctions is that in Beatrice de Planissoles, Beatrice has not committed any sin of which we are aware. The account of the deposition of Beatrice in Beatrice de Planissoles and Peter AbelardÆs account of his life story in Historia Calamitatum (The Story of My Misfortunes) share much in common despite some significant distinctions.
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