Professor Jane T. Published in by the University of Chicago Press , p. French and Francophone Women Writers. Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4. Schulenburg: Right. They then returned to Paris. And again they leave Astrolabe with Abelard's sister. And they have this secret marriage at Notre Dame in an early morning ceremony.
And Heloise is only 18 at this point. And Abelard is probably about And this marriage takes place in the presence of a few friends and Uncle Fulbert. And it was to remain a secret marriage. But of course, having several people there and having Uncle Fulbert there, there's this problem with someone betray them.
And of course you could count on Uncle Fulbert to carry out this role, because again the secret marriage as Heloise had predicted would not appease Uncle Fulbert's honor. Fulbert wasted no time to divulge this secret. Heloise then swore that nothing was more false. So she perjurers herself and says that they were not married.
And so we have all of these scenes occurring between Fulbert and Heloise. And it's at this point then that Abelard felt that it was necessary to intervene and do something about it, to put an end to this. He sent Heloise off to the convent of Argenteuil for asylum. But he sent her off in a nun's habit.
This was an obvious choice to send her to Argenteuil, because future meetings could be arranged between Abelard and Heloise at this monastery. And we know that Abelard couldn't stay away from Heloise at Argenteuil. He mentions the sacrilege of making love in the convent dining room.
