Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- For Ian Hawke
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Display
- Chapter 2 Reception and Intrusion
- Chapter 3 Enclosure
- Chapter 4 Family
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Male religious houses
- Appendix B Nunneries
- Appendix C Hospitals and leper houses
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other volumes in Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
Appendix C - Hospitals and leper houses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps
- For Ian Hawke
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Display
- Chapter 2 Reception and Intrusion
- Chapter 3 Enclosure
- Chapter 4 Family
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Male religious houses
- Appendix B Nunneries
- Appendix C Hospitals and leper houses
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other volumes in Studies in the History of Medieval Religion
Summary
1. Avranches, St-Nicholas
dép.: Manche, arr.: chef-lieu
Leper house, Avranches diocese
In existence by the end of the twelfth century. The community was situated only 625 metres from the town ramparts.
References:
Jeanne, ‘Les lépreux et le léproseries en Normandie’, p. 32
Fauchon, ‘Les maladreries ou léproseries dans l'Avranchin et le Mortainais’
2. Bayeux (St-Vigor-le-Grand), St-Nicolas-de-la-Chesnaie
dép.: Calvados, arr.: chef-lieu
Augustinian leper house, Bayeux diocese
The exact date of foundation is unknown. The first mention of this community occurs in a confirmation by Henry II in 1173 of William the Conqueror's gifts to the house. The lepers were in the care of a prior and four monks. The house comprised two enclosures, that of the lepers and that of the immediate environment of the community. The surviving architecture within modern farm buildings probably dates from the fourteenth century, after it was rebuilt following the English invasion. The leper house was located 1.5 kilometres outside the ramparts of Bayeux, a position it shared with the abbey of St-Vigor-le-Grand.
Sources:
Letters and Charters of Henry II, no. 153
References:
Jeanne, ‘Exclusion and charité’, vol. 1, pp. 42–3, 93–6
Jeanne, ‘Quelques problématiques pour la mort du lépreux?’
3. Bellencombre, Tous-les-Saints
dép.: Seine-Maritime, arr.: Dieppe, cant.: chef-lieu
Augustinian leper house, Rouen diocese
Founded in 1130 by the châtelaines of Heuze. The church was consecrated in 1135 by Hugh of Amiens, archbishop of Rouen (1129–64).
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- Religious Life in Normandy, 1050–1300Space, Gender and Social Pressure, pp. 204 - 211Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2007