Peter Abelard
1079 – 1142
French

Philosopher and theologian. He was famous for passionate love (Heloise), but also for reintroducing logic to Europe. At different times, both his passion and his logic led to tragic complications: he was assaulted and castrated by angry relatives of Heloise and repeatedly charged with heresy by different Church authorities.

Contemporaries
1028–1087William I
1028–1083Marianus Scotus
1050–1120Johannes Roscellinus
1138–1204Moses Maimonides
1100–1160Peter Lombard
1135–1202Joachim of Fiore
1098–1199St. Hildegard of Bingen
?–1080Hereward
1060–1134St. Stephen Harding
1100–1154Geoffrey of Monmouth
1030–1101St. Bruno of Cologne
1090–1153St. Bernard of Clairvaux
1118–1170St. Thomas à Becket
1126–1198Averroes
1100–1155Arnold of Brescia
1033–1109St. Anselm