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...Envious' and less able enemies had maneuvered him out of one hall of learning after another, but wherever he was he drew throngs of worshipful listeners. Authoress Waddell's narrative finds him at the peak of his career, the shining star of the Paris Schools. When old Fulbert, canon of Notre Dame, invited Abelard to share his house and tutor his beautiful niece Heloise, Abelard was living the unconsciously uncomfortable life of a natural bachelor. Under Fulbert's roof he quickly caught fire from Heloise's adoration. One night the old man found them...
Though it was shameful for Abelard to have a mistress, it would have been ruinous to his career to marry. But to make amends to Fulbert he married Heloise secretly, trusted Fulbert to keep it dark. The shock of Abelard's betrayal had unsettled Fulbert's mind: when he boasted of his niece's marriage and she boldly denied it, he swore a terrible revenge. One night as Abelard slept hired bravos seized and gelded him. Now there was no longer any place for the arrogant Abelard; he who might have been a prince of the Church...