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.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsNotes on Contributors1 Introduction: A New Step in the History of Le BecGrégory Combalbert and Véronique Gazeau2 The Abbot’s Pastoral Power among Princes and Bishops: A Crucial Issue for the Le Bec Community (c.1034–c.1139)Jean-Hervé Foulon3 HenryI and the Abbey of Le BecJudithA. Green4 The Foundation and Early History of the Bec Priory of Saint-Philbert-sur-RisleJulie Potter5 A Forgotten Privilege: An Act of John, Bishop of Lisieux, concerning the Parish of Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle (1107/41)Grégory Combalbert6 Medieval Seals of the Abbots and Abbey of Le BecMichaël Bloche7 Canons and Decretals at the Abbey of Le Bec (11th–12th CenturiesFabrice Delivré8 New Research concerning the ‘Chronicle of Le Bec’Fabien Paquet9 Principal Results of Archaeological Excavations Undertaken at the Abbey of Le Bec-Hellouin in 2015 and 2018Gilles Deshayes10 The Architecture of the Abbey of Le Bec in the 12th and 13th CenturiesLindy Grant11 Conclusion: The Revisited Memories of the Abbey of Le Bec-HellouinPierre BauduinIndex