Abailard

American  

[a-bey-lar] / a beɪˈlar /

noun

1. Pierre Abélard.

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Example Sentences

Abailard at the time was nearly thirty-eight, Héloïse not quite eighteen.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar

He seems to have been a pupil of Abailard, who devoted himself to practical reforms.

From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by Medley, D. J. (Dudley Julius)

But in the height of his fame Abailard, still quite young, loved the beautiful and erudite Heloise.

From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by Medley, D. J. (Dudley Julius)

But Abailard appealed from the synod to the pope; whereupon the synod suspended its farther measures, and advised the Holy See through St. Bernard of what had transpired.

From Pope Adrian IV An Historical Sketch by Raby, Richard

It was a time of much thought and speculation, and Peter Abailard, an able student of the Paris University, held a controversy with Bernard, in which we see the first struggle between intellect and authority.

From History of France by Green, J.R.