Heloise and Abelard

THINGS

“Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.”—Fulton J. Sheen. What can’t nuns do? I mean, besides have intercourse, get married, or anything else that falls outside their holy promise. From tending...

PEOPLE

Before there was Romeo and Juliet, there was Heloise and Abelard—but their forbidden romance was more disturbing than anything in Shakespeare.

INSTANT

“Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.”—Fulton J. Sheen. What can’t nuns do? I mean, besides have intercourse, get married, or anything else that falls outside their holy promise. From tending...

INSTANT

Before there was Romeo and Juliet, there was Heloise and Abelard—but their forbidden romance was more disturbing than anything in Shakespeare.

Before there was Romeo and Juliet, there was Heloise and Abelard—but their forbidden romance was more disturbing than anything in Shakespeare.



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