 Bernard at last accepts the challenge to publicly dispute with Abelard before the king and bishops of France, but this turns into a show trial when Bernard immediately lists 12 points on which Abelard is heretical and Abelard refuses to answer them, maintaining a complete dignified silence and thus forcing his chief supporter the king to back Bernard and declare Abelard a heretic.Abelard and Bernard meet, and fail to make a reconciliation, and then Heloise attends Abelard on his deathbed.After Abelard's death, Bernard burns all of Abelard's heretical works and thus thinks he has won the struggle with him.