Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes
Peter Abelard's exploration of love and persecution in Christian doctrine and practice.
13 Chapters
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER I: OF THE BIRTHPLACE OF PIERRE ABÉLARD AND OF HIS PARENTS — CHAPTER II: OF THE PERSECUTION HE HAD FROM HIS MASTER WILLIAM OF CHAMPEAUX--OF HIS
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CHAPTER III: OF HOW HE CAME TO LAON TO SEEK ANSELM AS TEACHER
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CHAPTER IV: OF THE PERSECUTION HE HAD FROM HIS TEACHER ANSELM — CHAPTER V: OF HOW HE RETURNED TO PARIS AND FINISHED THE GLOSSES WHICH HE HAD BEGUN AT
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CHAPTER VI: OF HOW, BROUGHT LOW BY HIS LOVE FOR HÉLOÏSE, HE WAS WOUNDED IN BODY AND SOUL
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CHAPTER VII: OF THE ARGUMENTS OF HÉLOÏSE AGAINST WEDLOCK--OF HOW NONE THE LESS HE MADE HER
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CHAPTER VIII: OF THE SUFFERING OF HIS BODY--OF HOW HE BECAME A MONK IN THE MONASTERY OF ST.
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CHAPTER IX: OF HIS BOOK ON THEOLOGY AND HIS PERSECUTION AT THE HANDS OF HIS FELLOW
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CHAPTER X: OF THE BURNING OF HIS BOOK--OF THE PERSECUTION HE HAD AT THE HANDS OF HIS
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CHAPTER XI: OF HIS TEACHING IN THE WILDERNESS
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CHAPTER XII: OF THE PERSECUTION DIRECTED AGAINST HIM BY SUNDRY NEW ENEMIES OR, AS IT WERE,
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CHAPTER XIII: OF THE ABBEY TO WHICH HE WAS CALLED AND OF THE PERSECUTION HE HAD FROM HIS
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CHAPTER XIV: OF THE EVIL REPORT OF HIS INIQUITY
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CHAPTER XV: OF THE PERILS OF HIS ABBEY AND OF THE REASONS FOR THE WRITING OF THIS HIS