The main objective of this work is to consider, using the example of the history of France, one of the important issues in the development of Western European feudal society - the issue of early urban culture. The most prominent representative of the early urban culture of France XII century. was the antagonist of Bernard of Cleraos - Peter Abelard. Naturally, N. A. Sidorova devoted a significant part of her monograph (V, VI, VII chapters) to him and his students - Berengaria and Arnold Breshiansky