Hi all! This episode I talk about the love story between Abelard and Heloise. They're lovers who philosophized on religion, love, sex, and also go into to some studious and sexy shenanigans!

Sources:

https://slantbooks.org/close-reading/essays/heloise-and-abelard/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heloise#:~:text=the%20passage%20troubling.-,Burial,Lachaise%2C%20Heloise%27s%20remains%20are%20elsewhere.

https://www.thoughtco.com/abelard-and-heloise-735128

https://notjustwivesandmothers.wordpress.com/2021/01/16/misteaching-church-history-the-case-of-heloise-and-abelard/

https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1126&context=graduatetheses

https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/heloise-and-abelards-tumultuous-affair

https://philosophersmag.com/heloise/

https://epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu/letter/178.html

https://epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu/letter/902.html

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astralabe

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/death-medieval-lover

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Love_Letters_of_Abelard_and_Heloise/Letter_3

https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/introphil/chapter/excerpts-from-the-letters-of-abelard-and-heloise/

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35977/35977-h/35977-h.htm#a_CHII

The show is written, produced, and edited by me, Adrienne.

Show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters

Episode artwork: Henry I of England, National Gallery, London; unknown artist, 16th Century

Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site

Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)