Editing Jean Buridan (section)

===Apocryphal stories===
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Where is the very wise [[Heloise (student of Abelard)|Heloise]],
For whom was castrated, and then (made) a monk,
Pierre Esbaillart ([[Abelard]]) in [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]?
For his love he suffered this sentence.
'''Similarly, where is the Queen ([[Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France|Marguerite de Bourgogne]])'''
'''Who ordered that Buridan'''
'''Were thrown in a sack into the [[Seine]]?'''
Oh, where are the snows of yesteryear!
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 |author = [[François Villon]]
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Apocryphal stories abound about his reputed amorous affairs and adventures which are enough to show that he enjoyed a reputation as a glamorous and mysterious figure in Paris life.<ref>Faral 1951, p. 16</ref> None of the stories can be confirmed, and most contradict known historical information.<ref name="Faral 9-33">Faral 1951, p. 9-33</ref>

Some rumors hold that he died when the King of France had him put in a sack and thrown into the River [[Seine]] after his affair with the Queen came to light. [[François Villon]] alludes to this in his famous poem ''[[Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis]]''. Others suggest that he was expelled from Paris due to his nominalist teachings and moved to [[Vienna]] to found the [[University of Vienna]]. Another story talks of him hitting [[Pope Clement VI]] with a shoe.<ref name="Zupko 1"/><ref name="Faral 9-33"/>