ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts of the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of the book. The book provides an exploration into the social and religious background to the story of Abelard and Heloise. While Abelard was waiting at Cluny with sharpened pen, preparing what he certainly hoped would be the literary destruction of Bernard, his opponent’s express messenger was hastening towards Rome with the letters, which this time had the intended effect. The venerable Abbot Peter of Cluny was not content only to express his sympathy for Abelard, and immediately after the papal judgment he took the initiative towards a reconciliation. The new treatise, in which Berengar was to discuss in more detail the accusations against Abelard, he unfortunately never succeeded in writing. Whereas Berengar of Poitiers was made to pay heavily for his audacity towards Bernard, the powerful Abbot of Cluny could permit himself to express his opinion freely.
