title: Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue
author:  Maurice Sendak 
description: Oh, that naughty boy! No matter what his parents say, Pierre just doesn't care.
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  # Historia Calamitatum
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Peter Abelard
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  INTRODUCTION.
  
  
  
  
  
  HISTORIA CALAMITATUM
  
  
    
  FOREWORD.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. OF THE BIRTHPLACE OF PIERRE ABELARD AND
  
  
  OF HIS PARENTS
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. OF THE PERSECUTION HE HAD FROM HIS
  
  
  MASTER WILLIAM OF CHAMPEAUX—OF HIS ADVENTURES AT MELUN, AT CORBEIL AND
  
  
  AT PARIS—OF HIS WITHDRAWAL FROM THE CITY OF THE PARISIANS TO MELUN,
  
  
  AND HIS RETURN TO MONT STE. GENEVIEVE—OF HIS JOURNEY TO HIS OLD HOME
  
  
  
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III. OF HOW HE CAME TO LAON TO SEEK ANSELM
  
  
  AS TEACHER
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV. OF THE PERSECUTION HE HAD FROM HIS
  
  
  TEACHER ANSELM
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V. OF HOW HE RETURNED TO PARIS AND FINISHED
  
  
  THE GLOSSES WHICH HE HAD BEGUN AT LAON
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI. OF HOW, BROUGHT LOW BY HIS LOVE FOR
  
  
  HELOISE, HE WAS WOUNDED IN BODY AND SOUL
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VII. OF THE ARGUMENTS OF HELOISE AGAINST
  
  
  WEDLOCK—OF HOW NONE THE LESS HE MADE HER HIS WI