The Logic and Love Letters of Abelard and Héloïse | The Hero Show, Ep 124

In twelfth-century France, Peter Abelard renounced his
inheritance and knighthood and chose to become a philosopher.
Héloïse, though raised in a convent, challenged cultural norms,
became a scholar, and held a secret marriage with Abelard.

Church officials sent Abelard to the monastery and Héloïse back
to the convent. During their years of separation, they wrote
voluminous love letters, which are celebrated to this day. Their
story was dramatized in the 1988 film Stealing
Heaven.