Chéry-Chartreuve

Title

Chéry-Chartreuve

Also Known As

Carthovorum Monialium, La Ferme des Dames, Les Dames sous Chéry

Dates

Founded bef. 1197; dissolved late 13th/14th centuries?

Affiliation

Chartreuve

Medieval Diocese

Soissons

Circary

France

History

The sisters affiliated with the Premonstratensian abbey of Chartreuve were at Chéry-Chartreuve by 1197. The former monastic complex is today a farm in private hands, with the Romanesque chapel in use as a barn.

Status

Women's community

Archival Sources

Laon, Archives départementales de l'Aisne

8 Fi 437 (19th c.; drawing)

Bibliography

Plouvier, Martine. “L’abbaye Sainte-Marie de Chartreuve aux Dames.” In Les femmes dans l’Ordre de Prémontré ; Les abbayes de la circarie de Gascogne: actes officiels du 17e Colloque du Centre d’études et de recherches prémontrées, prieuré du Béarn, Valmont, [Montaut], [10-13 octobre] 1991, edited by Martine Plouvier. Amiens: C.E.R.P., 1992.

Image Credit

The chapel of Chéry-Chartreuve, 2014. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

France

Citation

“Chéry-Chartreuve,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/266.

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