I suppose Peter Abelard could be an example here as he is known to have
strongly 'encouraged' his wife Heloise to join a religious order, as he
did, after his castration by her jealous uncle. In one letter, Heloise
complains that Abelard has not written to her since her monastic
profession when previously he had sent her many letters of love.
It has also been touted that their son Astrolabe later became a cleric
but the evidence is fairly thin and there is no reason to suspect that
Abelard had a hand in his choice.
Claire McIlroy
University of Western Australia
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