![]() ![]() Fearing for her safety, Abelard slipped Heloise out of the city and sent her to a convent. Enemies confronted Heloise, who publicly denied the marriage in order to protect Abelard's career. The ceremony was held in secret, but the rumor spread through Paris. ![]() When Heloise became pregnant, her possessive Guardian and uncle, Fulbert, angrily insisted that they marry. ![]() In spite of this, Abelard and Heloise's private tutoring sessions inevitably turned to passionate romance, and their moments apart were spent writing love letters. As master of the Cathedral school at Notre Dame in Paris, Abelard was expected to be celibate his career would be destroyed by marrying. Peter Abelard was arguably the greatest poet, philosopher, and religious teacher in all of 12th century Europe in an age when women were rarely educated, Heloise was his most gifted young student. The heart-rending love story of Abelard and Heloise was one of the most talked about relationships in the Middle Ages, and is one of the greatest love stories of all time. ![]()
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