Averroes vs Peter Abelard
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Compare the life timelines of Averroes (1126–1198) and Peter Abelard (1079–1142) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 16 years, from 1126 to 1142.
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Averroes (1126–1198)
- — Born in Cordoba, al-Andalus Verified
- — Educated in law, medicine, and philosophy in Cordoba Verified
- — Completed the medical encyclopedia 'al-Kulliyyat' (Colliget) Verified
- — Introduced to the Almohad caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf by Ibn Tufayl Verified
- — Appointed qadi (judge) of Seville Verified
- — Appointed qadi of Cordoba Verified
- — Appointed court physician to the Almohad caliph Verified
- — Banished to Lucena and works ordered burned Verified
- — Restored to favor and recalled to Marrakesh Verified
- — Died in Marrakesh Verified
Peter Abelard (1079–1142)
- — Born in Le Pallet, near Nantes, Brittany Verified
- — Moved to Paris to study under William of Champeaux Verified
- — Founded his own schools at Melun and Corbeil Verified
- — Became master of the cloister school of Notre-Dame in Paris Verified
- — Love affair and secret marriage with Héloïse Verified
- — Became a monk at the abbey of Saint-Denis Verified
- — Condemned at the Council of Soissons Verified
- — Founded the oratory of the Paraclete Verified
- — Returned to teach in Paris and wrote major works Verified
- — Condemned at the Council of Sens after opposition from Bernard of Clairvaux Verified
- — Died at the priory of Saint-Marcel, near Chalon-sur-Saône Verified