Abelard And Heloise (play)
The phrase Abelard and Heloise generally refers to the famous 12th-century Parisian love affair between Peter Abelard and Héloïse d’Argenteuil. It may also refer to artistic works based on their story: * ''Abelard and Heloise'' (album), a 1970 album by the Third Ear Band * ''Abelard and Heloise'' (play), a play by Ronald Millar * ''Abelard and Heloise'', a book by Constant Mews See also *"Eloisa to Abelard ''Eloisa to Abelard'' is a verse epistle by Alexander Pope that was published in 1717 and based on a well-known medieval story. Itself an imitation of a Latin poetic genre, its immediate fame resulted in a large number of English imitations thro ...

Peter Abelard
Peter Abelard (; french: link=no, Pierre Abélard; la, Petrus Abaelardus or ''Abailardus''; 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician. This source has a detailed description of his philosophical work. In philosophy he is celebrated for his logical solution to the problem of universals via nominalism and conceptualism and his pioneering of intent in ethics. Often referred to as the " Descartes of the twelfth century", he is considered a forerunner of Rousseau, Kant, and Spinoza. He is sometimes credited as a chief forerunner of modern empiricism. In history and popular culture, he is best known for his passionate and tragic love affair, and intense philosophical exchange, with his brilliant student and eventual wife, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. He was a defender of women and of their education. After having sent Héloïse to a convent in Brittany to protect her from her abusive uncle who did not want her t ...
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Héloïse D’Argenteuil
Héloïse (; c. 1100–01? – 16 May 1163–64?), variously Héloïse d'ArgenteuilCharrier, Charlotte. Heloise Dans L'histoire Et Dans la Legende. Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion Quai Malaquais, VI, Paris, 1933 or Héloïse du Paraclet, was a French nun, philosopher, writer, scholar, and abbess. Héloïse was a renowned "woman of letters" and philosopher of love and friendship, as well as an eventual high-ranking abbess in the Catholic Church. She achieved approximately the level and political power of a bishop in 1147 when she was granted the rank of prelate nullius. She is famous in history and popular culture for her love affair and correspondence with the leading medieval logician and theologian Peter Abelard, who became her colleague, collaborator and husband. She is known for exerting critical intellectual influence upon his work and posing many challenging questions to him such as those in the ''Problemata Heloissae''. Her surviving letters are considered a founda ...
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Abelard And Heloise (album)
{{Infobox album , name = Abelard and Heloise , type = soundtrack , artist = Third Ear Band , cover = Thirdearband.jpg , alt = , released = {{Start date, 1970 , recorded = 2, 3 July 1970; Munich , venue = , studio = , genre = , length = 36:54 , label = Harvest , producer = , prev_title = Third Ear Band , prev_year = 1970 , next_title = Music from Macbeth , next_year = 1972 ''Abelard and Heloise'' is a soundtrack album released in 1970 by the Third Ear Band Third Ear Band were a British musical group formed in London during the mid-1960s. Their line-up initially consisted of violin, cello, oboe and percussion. Most of their performances were instrumental and partly improvised. Their records for th .... It was re-released on CD in 1999 by Blueprint. Track listing All tracks were released without titles. # Untitled – 13:42 # Untitled – 4:39 # Untitled – 3:21 # Untitled – 3:18 ...
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Abelard And Heloise (play)
The phrase Abelard and Heloise generally refers to the famous 12th-century Parisian love affair between Peter Abelard and Héloïse d’Argenteuil. It may also refer to artistic works based on their story: * ''Abelard and Heloise'' (album), a 1970 album by the Third Ear Band * ''Abelard and Heloise'' (play), a play by Ronald Millar * ''Abelard and Heloise'', a book by Constant Mews See also *"Eloisa to Abelard ''Eloisa to Abelard'' is a verse epistle by Alexander Pope that was published in 1717 and based on a well-known medieval story. Itself an imitation of a Latin poetic genre, its immediate fame resulted in a large number of English imitations thro ...

Ronald Millar
Sir Ronald Graeme Millar (12 November 1919 – 16 April 1998) was an English actor, scriptwriter, and dramatist. Life and career After attending Charterhouse School, Millar studied at King's College, Cambridge for a year before joining the Royal Navy in 1940, during the Second World War. He established himself as a playwright after the war and, between 1948 and 1954, lived in Hollywood, where he wrote scripts for MGM. These included '' The Miniver Story'' and ''Scaramouche'', both with George Froeschel. On his return to Britain, he successfully adapted several C. P. Snow novelsand, in 1967, William Clark's novel ''Number 10''for the stage. He also wrote the book and lyrics for the musical ''Robert and Elizabeth''. Millar acted as speechwriter for three British prime ministers, including Margaret Thatcher for whom he wrote the line " The lady's not for turning". He was knighted after Thatcher became Prime Minister in 1979. He wrote the line, ''Where there is discord, let ...
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Constant Mews
Constant Mews (born 1954), D. Phil (''Oxon'') is Professor of Medieval Thought and Director, Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, Monash University, Melbourne. He is an authority on medieval religious thought, especially on the medieval philosopher and theologian, Peter Abelard, and on interfaith dialogue. He discovered and published what are possibly the original letters exchanged between Peter Abelard and his lover, Heloise.Monash University, Faculty, Constant Mews

Early life

Mews was born in England and spent his childhood there and in New Zealand. He completed his secondary education at , < ...
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