Cistercian Abbey of Beaupré-sur-la-Lys
The Cistercian Abbey of Beaupré-sur-la-Lys was 1220-1795 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in La Gorgue , Nord in France . Beaupré-sur-la-Lys should not be confused with the former Cistercian Abbey of Beaupré in Belgium and the former Cistercian monasteries of Beaupré in Picardy and Beaupré in Lorraine .
history
The Notre-Dame de Beaupré ("beautiful meadow") monastery, founded in La Gorgue, north of Béthune , at the confluence of the Leie and Lawe , in 1220 was incorporated into the Cistercian order in 1224 and destroyed in 1795 by the French Revolution . The only remaining foundation walls were archaeologically exposed in 1992. Numerous excavation finds are accessible.
Beaupré-sur-la-Lys belongs to a group of 13 Cistercian convents (Beaupré, Blendecques , Bonham , La Brayelle , Flines , Fontenelle , Marquette , Les Prés , Ravensberg , Le Verger , Le Vivier , Willencourt , La Woestyne ) that were founded around 1200 were privately donated within a short period of time and in a confined space, and face only five Cistercian monasteries ( Cercamp , Clairmarais , Longvillers , Loos and Vaucelles ).
literature
- Bernadette Barrière, Marie-Elisabeth Montulet-Henneau (eds.), Cîteaux et les femmes. Architectures et occupation de l'espace dans les monastères féminins. Modalités d'intégration et de contrôle des femmes dans l'Ordre. Les moniales cisterciennes aujourd'hui . Créaphis éditions, Grâne 2001 (files from a colloquium from 1998, here: p. 100).
- Geert Berings, Vijf cisterciënzerinnenabdijen in Frans-Vlaanderen. Stichting en vroegste geschiedenis . In: De Franse Nederlanden / Les Pays-Bas Français . Year 1994, pp. 75–89 (here: 86–87).
- Cistercian Sites in Europe . Charte Européenne des Abbayes et Sites Cisterciens 2012, p. 45.
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 233.
Web links
- Mention of Beaupré-sur-la-Lys in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis, without information
- Site of the monastery in the Charte européenne des Abbayes et sites cisterciens
- Information from the community on the archaeological maintenance of the remains of the monastery, in French
- Page from a broadcast on Beaupré, French, with aerial photo
- Information about the monastery, English
Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 24.2 " N , 2 ° 41 ′ 34" E