Chapels and chantries in late medieval and early modern Besançon
The record book of Jean Ferreux, chaplain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11892129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Richards (a Wolfson College, Oxford, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 121-132 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0304-4181(93)00746-b |
| OpenAlex | W2085095994 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
During the fifteenth-century reform of the Poor Clares by St. Colette, many new convents were built in France and Flanders. Their chapels were endowed by local benefactors with perpetual chantries. Much later, a diligent chaplain in Besancon reviewed the state of the chantries entrusted to his care. His record describes their condition after a decline of over two centuries, owing to currency devaluation, the collapse of the local aristocracy, and the nuns' neglect of their duties. The chaplain's book shows that these chantries, though founded in perpetuity, maintained their original function for only a few years. After that, even as the benefactors were themselves forgotten, so their chantries slowly fell into disrepair and decline
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