The Story of My Misfortunes
Peter Abelard
Chapters 20
- Copyright Page ≈ 1 min
- Table of Contents ≈ 2 min
- INTRODUCTION ≈ 41 min
- FOREWORD ≈ 1 min
- CHAPTER I - OF THE BIRTHPLACE OF PIERRE ABÉLARD AND OF HIS PARENTS ≈ 3 min
- CHAPTER II - OF THE PERSECUTION HE HAD FROM HIS MASTER WILLIAM OF CHAMPEAUX—OF HIS ADVENTURES AT MELUN, AT CORBEIL AND A ≈ 13 min
- CHAPTER III - OF HOW HE CAME TO LAON TO SEEK ANSELM AS TEACHER ≈ 6 min
- CHAPTER IV - OF THE PERSECUTION HE HAD FROM HIS TEACHER ANSELM ≈ 2 min
- CHAPTER V - OF HOW HE RETURNED TO PARIS AND FINISHED THE GLOSSES WHICH HE HAD BEGUN AT LAON ≈ 4 min
- CHAPTER VI - OF HOW, BROUGHT LOW BY HIS LOVE FOR HÉLOÏSE, HE WAS WOUNDED IN BODY AND SOUL ≈ 13 min
- CHAPTER VII - OF THE ARGUMENTS OF HÉLOÏSE AGAINST WEDLOCK—OF HOW NONE THE LESS HE MADE HER HIS WIFE ≈ 15 min
- CHAPTER VIII - OF THE SUFFERING OF HIS BODY—OF HOW HE BECAME A MONK IN THE MONASTERY OF ST. DENIS AND HÉLOÏSE A NUN AT A ≈ 9 min
- CHAPTER IX - OF HIS BOOK ON THEOLOGY AND HIS PERSECUTION AT THE HANDS OF HIS FELLOW STUDENTS—OF THE COUNCIL AGAINST HIM ≈ 16 min
- CHAPTER X - OF THE BURNING OF HIS BOOK—OF THE PERSECUTION HE HAD AT THE HANDS OF HIS ABBOT AND THE BRETHREN ≈ 17 min
- CHAPTER XI - OF HIS TEACHING IN THE WILDERNESS ≈ 14 min
- CHAPTER XII - OF THE PERSECUTION DIRECTED AGAINST HIM BY SUNDRY NEW ENEMIES OR, AS IT WERE, APOSTLES ≈ 3 min
- CHAPTER XIII - OF THE ABBEY TO WHICH HE WAS CALLED AND OF THE PERSECUTION HE HAD FROM HIS SONS, THAT IS TO SAY THE MONKS ≈ 10 min
- CHAPTER XIV - OF THE EVIL REPORT OF HIS INIQUITY ≈ 13 min
- CHAPTER XV - OF THE PERILS OF HIS ABBEY AND OF THE REASONS FOR THE WRITING OF THIS HIS LETTER ≈ 13 min
- APPENDIX ≈ 30 min
| Author | Peter Abelard |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | Medieval |
| Categories | Theology · Christian Classics |
| Length | 20 chapters · ≈ 3 h 46 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · EPUB |







