Supplementary Notes

A number of the topics discussed in this lecture, especially on pp. 250–261, have been reworked in the published edition, listed in the Bibliography, of The Letter Collection of Peter Abelard and Heloise. See, for example, pp. 24–25 and note 60 (Heloise’s relatives), and Further Notes, 1 (Roscelin), 2.i–v (William of Champeaux), and 4 (Abelard’s emasculation).