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Peter Abelard (1079–1142)

Author of The Letters of Abelard and Heloise

Includes the names: Peter Abelard, Abelard Petar, Peter Abelard, Peter Abelard, Peter Abelard, Peter Abélard, Peter Abailard, Peter Abaelard, Pedro Abelardo, Pierre Abelard ... (see complete list), Pierre Abailard, Pietro Abelardo, Petrus Abelardus, Petrus Abaelardus, Peter Abélard, Pierre Abélard

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Works by Peter Abelard

The Letters of Abelard and Heloise 1,837 copies, 8 reviews
A Dialogue of a Philosopher with a Jew and a Christian/Ethics, or Know… 119 copies
Forbidden Fruit: From The Letters of Abelard and Heloise 101 copies, 3 reviews
The Story of His Misfortunes and The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise 86 copies, 1 review
A Dialogue of a Philosopher with a Jew and a Christian 59 copies
Ethics, or Know Yourself 20 copies
Sic et Non 10 copies, 1 review
Lettres et vies 9 copies
Letters of Peter Abelard, Beyond the Personal (Medieval Texts in… 8 copies
Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans 7 copies
Theology of Supreme Good 6 copies
Heloisen taivas : kertomus abbedissa Heloisen rakkaudesta ja… 5 copies
Abélard ou la Philosophie dans le langage 3 copies
Letters of Abelard & Heloise witha particular account of their Lives and… 3 copies

Dialetics of Love 3 copies

Insegnamenti al figlio 3 copies

Abelard and Heloise: a Medieval Romance with the Letters of Heloise 3 copies

Theologia Summi boni : tractatus de unitate et trinitate divina :… 2 copies

As Cartas de Abelardo e Heloísa (Portuguese Edition) 2 copies

Letters of Abelard and Heloise : To which is prefix'd a particular account… 2 copies

The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise (-) 2 copies

Logic for Beginners 2 copies

Epistolario 2 copies

Petrus Abaelardus: Dialectica. 2 copies

DIALOGO TRA UN FILOSOFO, UN GIUDEO ED UN CRISTIANO 1 copy

Storia delle mie disgrazie e Lettere d'amore di Eloisa (eNewton… 1 copy

Comentarii la Porfir (Editie bilingva) (Romanian Edition) 1 copy

Storia delle mie disgrazie e Lettere d'amore di Eloisa (eNewton… 1 copy

Conosci te stesso: etica 1 copy

Ouvrages inedits d"Abelard 1 copy

Pro e contro. Il prologo di «Sic et non» 1 copy, 1 review

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Also by Peter Abelard

World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (Contributor) 336 copies, 2 reviews
Philosophy in the Middle Ages: The Christian, Islamic, and Jewish… (Contributor) 294 copies, 2 reviews
The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (Contributor) 186 copies, 2 reviews
Five Texts on the Mediaeval Problem of Universals: Porphyry, Boethius,… (Contributor) 80 copies
The Other Side of Western Civilization: Readings in Everyday Life (Contributor) 63 copies
To You With Love; A Treasury of Great Romantic Literature. (Contributor) 2 copies

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Abélard, Pierre

Abelardus, Petrus

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Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris, France (7e division ∙ AD ∙ 25)

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Le Pallet, Brittany, France

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Priory of St. Marcel, near Chalon-sur-Saône, France

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Corbeil, France

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Notre Dame de Paris

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