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Historia Calamitatum - The Story of My Misfortunes

Biography and Memoir

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Historia Calamitatum - The Story of My Misfortunes

Autobiography of Peter AbelardBy Peter Abelard

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Historia Calamitatum - The Story of My Misfortunes

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Historia Calamitatum (known in English as The Story of My Misfortunes or The History of My Calamities) is an autobiographical work in Latin by Peter Abelard, a medieval French pioneer of scholastic philosophy. The work is one of the first autobiographical works in medieval Western Europe, written in the form of a letter (and, as such, is clearly influenced by Augustine's Confessions). The letter is an extensive and honest self-analysis of Abelard up to the age of about fifty-four, and provides readers with knowledge of his views of women, learning, monastic life, Church and State combined, and the social milieu of the time. It should be particularly noted that the work was written at a time when Western Europe had only recently surfaced into the world of philosophy. Abelard emphasizes how persecuted he feels by his peers throughout the work. He quotes saints, apostles, and at one point, compares his struggles in likeness to those of Christ.

Tragic Romance Forbidden Love Secret Relationship Conspiracy Betrayal Revenge Political Intrigue Psychological Antihero Grief Rebellion Thriller Identity Survival Historical Romance

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GenreBiography and Memoir

Length3 hrs 5 mins

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FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateMay 5, 2023

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction

23Porphyry

2Foreword

24Priscian

3Chapter I

25Anselm

4Chapter II

26Alberic of Rheims and Lotulphe the Lombard

5Chapter III

27St. Jerome

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6Chapter IV

28St. Augustine

7Chapter V

29Abbey of St. Denis

8Chapter VI

30Origen

9Chapter VII

31Athanasius

10Chapter VIII

32Rodolphe, Archbishop of Rheims

11Chapter IX

33Conon of Praeneste

12Chapter X

34Geoffroi of Chartres

13Chapter XI

35Abbot of St. Médard

14Chapter XII

36Dionysius the Areopagite

15Chapter XIII

37Theobald of Champagne

16Chapter XIV

38Stephen the Seneschal

17Chapter XV

39The Paraclete

18Appendix

40Norbert of Prémontré

19Pierre Abélard

41Bernard of Clairvaux

20&quot;A Friend&quot;

42Abbey of St. Gildas

21William of Champeaux

43Leo IX

22&quot;The Universals&quot;

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