Abelard And Heloise Tapestries
Description: Abelardo, from the first difficulties in Paris, was always rebellious. Due to his romantic involvement with Heloísa, Canon Fulberto's niece, he was the victim of castration. After that, Heloise entered a convent and Abelard, a monastery. From that period, they exchanged letters regularly. From the relationship between the two, a son, Astrolabe (1116 - 1171) was born. Abelard was condemned twice: once at the Council of Soissons, in 1121, to which he responded, as a form of defiance, by founding an oratory dedicated to the Holy Spirit (Oratório do Paracleto), and later at the Council of Sens, in 1141,