Stealing Heaven

Abelard a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame falls in love with one of his students Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels against the status of women in 12th century Europe. When others begin to suspect their relationship Heloise's uncle Fulbert and the bishop of Paris work together to put a stop to it. Héloïse becomes pregnant with Abelard's child and they are married in secret. Abelard struggles for acting against the will of God yet is unable to escape his love for Heloise.