Peter Abelard (Latin: Petrus Abaelardus or Abailardus; French: Pierre Abélard, c. – 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian, composer, poet and preeminent logician. His love for, and affair with, Héloïse d'Argenteuil has become legendary. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as "the keenest thinker and boldest theologian of the 12th century".
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1079 Le Pallet, Brittany
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21 April 1142 (aged 62) Abbey of Saint-Marcel near Chalon-sur-Saône, France
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