Constant Mews FAHA (born 1954), D.Phil (Oxon) is Professor of Medieval Thought and Director, Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology, Monash University, Melbourne.
He discovered and published what are possibly the original letters exchanged between Peter Abelard and his lover, Heloise.
He carried out doctoral study at the University of Oxford, followed by five years (1980–1985) teaching British civilisation at the Universite de Paris III, while pursuing studies in medieval thought (focusing on Peter Abelard) in connection with Jean Jolivet, at the École pratique des hautes études en sciences religieuses.
This was followed by two years as a Leverhulme research fellow at the University of Sheffield on editing the writings of Peter Abelard.
"It's not jealousy, it's a question of method," said Monique Goullet, director of research in medieval Latin at Paris's Sorbonne University.
Most Latin experts agree the document is authentic and of great literary worth, but its uniqueness makes some scholars suspicious.
"The most probable explanation is that it is a literary work written by one person who decided to reconstitute the writings of Abelard and Heloise," Goullet said.