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From the beginning of the letters between Abelard and Heloise I am prompted to say that I believe Abelard was participating in courtly love. Heloise had the gift of letter and education, which was rare for a woman during medieval times; but this was also the source of Abelard’s attraction to Heloise. Abelard actively pursued Heloise using the four steps of courtly love, but all too quickly Abelard worked on the last step, which is service, and was all too happy to provide many of his services to Heloise.
Abelard was a philosopher who eventually was hired by canon Fulbert to teach his niece Heloise of lessons in philosophy which he later turned into sexual activity lessons. Heloise and Abelard fall in love with each other spending time together engaging in carnal activity. Abelard starts losing interest in his teaching of philosophy and engages in poetry about love and teaches this to his students at the Cathedral School of Paris; Abelard was taking on the role of a troubadour by completely embracing the ideology of love.
Approximate Word count = 749
Approximate Pages = 3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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