Autor: Henry Adams Bellows

Peter Abelard (c. 1079-1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician. In Catholic theology, he is best known for his development of the concept of limbo, and his introduction of the moral influence theory of atonement. He is considered (alongside Augustine of Hippo) to be the most significant forerunner of the modern self-reflective autobiographer. He paved the way and set the tone for later epistolary novels and celebrity tell-alls with his publicly distributed letter, The History of My Calamities, and public correspondence.