Abailard
Americannoun
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But when they met, Abailard, probably feeling himself surrounded by an unsympathetic audience, suddenly refused to speak and appealed to the Pope.
From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by D. J. (Dudley Julius) Medley
His name was Pierre du Pallet, although, for some unknown reason, he called himself Pierre Abailard, or Abeillard, or Esbaillart, or Beylard; for the spelling was never fixed.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams
When Héloïse was in her convent there could have been no such meditation, yet, she loved Abailard as fervently as before.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
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 Richard Raby
We have seen that the contemporaries of Abailard knew none but Aristotle's logical works, and these only in part and in Latin translations.
From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by D. J. (Dudley Julius) Medley
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