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Title: Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII
Author: John Lord
Release Date: December 25, 2003 [eBook #10533]
Language: English
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LORD'S LECTURES
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VII
GREAT WOMEN.
BY JOHN LORD, LL.D.,
AUTHOR OF "THE OLD ROMAN WORLD," "MODERN EUROPE," ETC., ETC.
CONTENTS.
HÉLOÏSE.
LOVE.
Love, the flower of Eden The two Venuses of Socrates The Venus Urania The memory of Héloïse cherished Her birth and education Her extraordinary gifts Her aspirations Peter Abélard His wonderful genius His early scholastic triumphs Abélard at Paris His wit and flippancy His scepticism His successes His love for Héloïse His mad infatuation Scandal of the intimacy Disinterestedness of Héloïse Secret marriage of Abélard and Héloïse Marriage discovered Retirement of Héloïse and Abélard to separate convents His renewed labors