See also:

• FONTEVRAULT, or FONTEVRAUD (Lat. Fons Ebraldi)

FONTEVRAULT, or FONTEVRAUD (See also:

• LAT

Lat. Fons Ebraldi)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine-et-See also:

• LOIRE

Loire, to m . S.E. of See also:

• SAUMUR

Saumur by road and 2 M. from the confluence of the Loire and See also:

• VIENNE
• VIENNE, COUNCIL OF

Vienne . Pop . (1906) 1279 . It is situated in the midst of the See also:

• FOREST

forest of See also:

• FONTEVRAULT, or FONTEVRAUD (Lat. Fons Ebraldi)

Fontevrault . The See also:

• INTEREST

interest of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place centres in its See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey, which since 1804 has been utilized and abused as a central See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of detention for convicts . The See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church (12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century), of which only the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir and See also:

• APSE
• APSE (Gr. alkir, a fastening, especially the felloe of a wheel; Lat. absis)

apse are appropriated to divine service, has a beautiful See also:

• NAVE

nave formerly covered by four cupolas destroyed in 1816 . There is a fifth See also:

• CUPOLA (Ital., from Lat. cupula, small cask or vault, cupa, tub)

cupola above the See also:

• CROSSING

crossing . In a See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept are the See also:

• EFFIGIES, MONUMENTAL

effigies of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II. of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, of his wife Eleanor of See also:

• GUIENNE

Guienne, of See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard I. of England and of See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella of Angoulcme, wife of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John of England—Eleanor's being of See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak and the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone . The See also:

• CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

cloister, See also:

• REFECTORY (med. Lat. refectorium, from reficere, to refresh)

refectory and See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter-house date from the 16th century . The second See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the abbey contains a remarkable See also:

• BUILDING

building, the Tour d'Evrault (12th century), which See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long went under the misnomer of chapelle funeraire, but was in reality the old See also:

• KITCHEN (O.E. cycene; this and other cognate forms, such as Dutch keuken, Ger. Kiuche, Dan. kokken, Fr. cuisine, are formed from the Low Lat. cucina, Lat. coquina, coquere, to cook)

kitchen . Details and diagrams will be found in See also:

• VIOLLET, PAUL MARIE (184o- )

Viollet-le-Duc's Dictionnaire de l'See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture .

There are three stories, the whole being surmounted by a pyramidal structure . The See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order of Fontevrault was founded about 'too by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert of Arbrissel, who was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Arbrissel or Arbresec, in the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of See also:

• RENNES

Rennes, and attained See also:

• GREAT

great fame as a preacher and ascetic . The See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment was a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double monastery, containing a nunnery of 300 nuns and a monastery of 200 monks, separated completely so that no communication was allowed except in the church, where the services were carried on in See also:

• COMMON

common; there were, moreover, a See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital for 120 lepers and other sick, and a See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary for fallen See also:

• WOMEN

women, both worked by the nuns . The basis of the See also:

• LIFE

life was the See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

• RULE

rule, but the observance of See also:

• ABSTINENCE (from Lat. abstinere, to abstain)

abstinence and silence went beyond it in stringency . The See also:

• SPECIAL

special feature of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute was that the See also:

• ABBESS (Lat. abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot)

abbess ruled the monks as well as the nuns . At the beginning the order had a great See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue, and at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Robert's See also:

• DEATH

death, 1117, there were several monasteries and 3000 nuns; afterwards the number of monasteries reached 57, all organized on the same See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan . The institute never throve out of France; there were attempts tointroduce it into See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and England: in England there were three houses—at Ambresbury (See also:

• AMESBURY

Amesbury in See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire) ,See also:

• NUNEATON

Nuneaton, and Westwood in See also:

• WORCESTERSHIRE

Worcestershire . The nuns in England as in France were recruited from the highest families, and the abbess of Fontevrault, who was the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the whole order, was usually of the royal See also:

• FAMILY

family of France . See P . See also:

• HELYOT, PIERRE (1660-1716)

Helyot, His'. See also:

• DES

des ordres religieuses (1718), vi. cc . 12, 13; Max Heimbucher, Orden and Kongregationen (1907), i . 46; the arts .

Fontevrauld " in Wetzer and Welte, Kirchenlexicon (ed . 2), and in See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie (ed . 3), See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply ,full references to the literature . The most See also:

• RECENT

recent monograph is Edouard, Fontevrault et ses monuments (1875) ; for the later See also:

• HISTORY

history see See also:

• ART

art. by See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop in Downside See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review (1886) . (E . C .