The Premonstratensian Order in the Middle Ages Bibliography
For the past few years, I’ve maintained an online bibliography of works on the history of the Premonstratensian Order in the Middle Ages (roughly early …
Premonstratensians
The Notebooks of Charles-Louis Hugo
Charles-Louis Hugo is one of the most important figures in the early modern historiography of the Premonstratensian Order. His Annales—about which I’ve written before on …
The Cartulary of Prémontré
I’m so thrilled to be able to say that the edition of the thirteenth-century cartulary of the abbey of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Prémontré, which Heather Wacha …
The Sisters of Prémontré Database
I’m pleased to make available my first attempt at building an online database! “The Sisters of Prémontré: A Prosopographical Database” makes searchable (by name, role, …
Handlist of Premonstratensian Cartularies
Austria | Belgium | Czechia | England | France | Germany | Hungary | Netherlands | Poland | Scotland | Spain | Switzerland This is …
The Paper-Maker and the Premonstratensians
Header image: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53084786q As an ambitious young man, Stanislas Prioux did something quite common for ambitious young men in mid-nineteenth century France. He left behind …
Mapping Hugo’s “Annales”
For historians, one of the most useful things about new digital mapping technologies are the new ways in which they let us approach our body …
Clothes Make the Premonstratensian Sister
Clothing mattered for medieval religious women—as it did for all women in the Middle Ages. It marked out rank, gender, and age, but it also …
A Premonstratensian Abbot in France Reacts to Magna Carta
[Image above: British Library Cotton MS Augustus II.106. Credit.] The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta has prompted a lot of discussion around the world about …