Session126
TitleWhite Canons of Brittany and Lincolnshire
Date/TimeMonday 1 July 2013: 11.15-12.45
 
SponsorAncient Abbeys of Brittany Project / Anciennes Abbayes de Bretagne
 
OrganiserClaude Lucette Evans, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga
 
Moderator/ChairAlisdair Dobie, Business School, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
 
Paper 126-a The Legendary Insular Origins of Notre-Dame de Beauport Abbey
(Language: English)
Claude Lucette Evans, Department of Language Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga
Index Terms: Charters and Diplomatics; Ecclesiastical History; Monasticism; Religious Life
Paper 126-b Liturgical Furnishings and the Premonstratensian Order at the Notre-Dame de Beauport Abbey
(Language: English)
Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, University of Toronto Mississauga Library / Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto
Index Terms: Archives and Sources; Art History - General; Ecclesiastical History; Liturgy
Paper 126-c The 14th-Century Extent and Inquisition of the Alien Priory of Ravendale: What Do They Mean in Relative and Modern Terms?
(Language: English)
Kenneth Paul Evans, School of Administrative Studies, York University, Ontario
Index Terms: Archives and Sources; Ecclesiastical History; Economics - General; Local History
 
AbstractThis session explores various aspects of the history of the only Premonstratensian foundation in Brittany and of its Lincolnshire priory, Ravendale. Paper A discusses the connections of the abbey with earlier island foundations, either eremitical or Augustinian. Paper B examines the range of liturgical artifacts that once belonged to Beauport Abbey, using evidence from a 17th century inventory combined with previous scholarship, to reconstruct, within a liturgical framework, the artistic wealth of the abbey. Paper C describes and analyzes a 1379 extent and a 1387 inquisition of Ravendale and compares them with other extents and inquisitions of alien priories in modern terms using current accounting practices.