XIR346152 Castrating Abelard, illustration from \'Lettres d\'Heloise et d\'Abelard\', volume I, page 33, engraved by Vincent Marie Langlois the Younger (b.1786) (engraving) (b/w photo) by Moreau, Jean Michel the Younger (1741-1814) (after); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Castration de Pierre Abelard (1079-1142); Peter; theologian; scholastic philosopher; logician; Letters; correspondence; letter; married in secret to Heloise; Eloise; medieval; c12th; canon Fulbert, uncle of Heloise, had Abelard castrated; BN Imp Z 716-718; love affair;); French, out of copyright.