New Research on the Abbey of Le Bec in the Middle Ages

Grégory Combalbert, Ph.D. (2009), Caen Normandy University, is an associate professor at Caen Normandy University. He works on the Church, the Gregorian Reform and Episcopal diplomatics in Normandy and recently published Sauf le droit épiscopal”. Évêques, paroisses et société dans la province ecclésiastique de Rouen (2021). Véronique Gazeau, Ph.D. (1987), Caen Normandy University, is a professor emeritus at Caen Normandy University. She researches monasticism and power in medieval Normandy. Her publications include Normannia Monastica (2007, 2 vols.), an examination of Norman Benedictine abbots and their relationship with the ducal power.

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1 Introduction: A New Step in the History of Le Bec

 Grégory Combalbert and Véronique Gazeau



2 The Abbot’s Pastoral Power among Princes and Bishops: A Crucial Issue for the Le Bec Community (c.1034–c.1139)

 Jean-Hervé Foulon



3 HenryI and the Abbey of Le Bec

 JudithA. Green



4 The Foundation and Early History of the Bec Priory of Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle

 Julie Potter



5 A Forgotten Privilege: An Act of John, Bishop of Lisieux, concerning the Parish of Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle (1107/41)

 Grégory Combalbert



6 Medieval Seals of the Abbots and Abbey of Le Bec

 Michaël Bloche



7 Canons and Decretals at the Abbey of Le Bec (11th–12th Centuries

 Fabrice Delivré



8 New Research concerning the ‘Chronicle of Le Bec’

 Fabien Paquet



9 Principal Results of Archaeological Excavations Undertaken at the Abbey of Le Bec-Hellouin in 2015 and 2018

 Gilles Deshayes



10 The Architecture of the Abbey of Le Bec in the 12th and 13th Centuries

 Lindy Grant



11 Conclusion: The Revisited Memories of the Abbey of Le Bec-Hellouin

 Pierre Bauduin



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