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The Priory of Saint-Fromond, the Abbey of Cerisy, and the "Last Norman Pancarte"
Daniel Power 
Annales de Normandie, Volume: 74, Issue: 1
Swansea University Author:
Daniel Power
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Abstract
Pancartes represent one of the main groups of diplomatic forms emanating from northern French religious houses in the eleventh and early twelfth centuries, but their composition over time through multiple transactions pose problems for historians, as comparisons with other records often reveal. This...
| Published in: | Annales de Normandie |
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| ISSN: | 0003-4134 2261-4427 |
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67191 |
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Pancartes represent one of the main groups of diplomatic forms emanating from northern French religious houses in the eleventh and early twelfth centuries, but their composition over time through multiple transactions pose problems for historians, as comparisons with other records often reveal. This article considers an especially problematic pancarte, the final version of which was issued for the Benedictine priory of Saint-Fromond (Manche) in 1239. The discovery of a hitherto unknown copy, which is more complete and apparently more accurate than all other versions, provides an opportunity to reconsider this text and its significance for the history of the priory; for its mother-house, the abbey of Cerisy-la-Forêt; and for the priory’s benefactors, especially the family of Du Hommet. The article provides a new edition of this pancarte, and it uses hitherto ignored English evidence to cast fresh light upon the development and composition of this text and of the priory’s possessions. |
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| Keywords: |
pancarte, diplomatic, monasticism, patronage, Saint-Fromond, Cerisy-la-Forêt, Du Hommet |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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1 |