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    The Abbey of Saint-Étienne, also known as Abbaye aux Hommes ("Men's Abbey") by contrast with the Abbaye aux Dames ("Ladies' Abbey"), is a former Benedictine...
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    two monasteries are the Abbaye-aux-Hommes (or St Étienne) for men which was founded by William in about 1059, and the Abbaye aux Dames (or Sainte Trinité)...
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    three transverse ribs. The principal examples are those in the Abbaye-aux-Hommes and Abbaye-aux-Dames at Caen (which were probably the earliest examples of...
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    Conqueror and his wife Matilda of Flanders as the Abbaye aux Dames ("Women's Abbey"), as was the Abbaye aux Hommes ("Men's Abbey"), more formally the Abbey of...
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    built on the Pope's encouragement: Église St.-Étienne, formerly the Abbaye aux Hommes (Men's Abbey). It was completed in 1063 and is dedicated to St Stephen...
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    with the nearby Church of Saint-Étienne, the former church of the Abbaye aux Hommes. This church has been classified as a monument historique since August...
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    examples of sexpartite rib vaults are found at the Abbaye-aux-Hommes (begun 1066) and Abbaye-aux-Dames at Caen. It then appeared in Noyon Cathedral (begun...
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    the sexpartite vaults at both the Saint-Étienne, (Abbaye-aux-Hommes) and Sainte-Trinité, (Abbaye-aux-Dames) at Caen, France, in the late 11th and early...
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    and Matilda agreed to found two churches as penance: the Abbaye aux Hommes and the Abbaye aux Dames. Their marriage was by all accounts very happy and...
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    Sidoine Benoît was a Benedictine monk of the 14th Century at the Abbaye-aux-Hommes in Caen, in the Calvados département in the Normandy region of France...
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    Winchester. William I was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Étienne (French: Abbaye aux Hommes) in France. Henry I was buried at Reading Abbey. Henry II was buried...
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  • Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Spain, Spain consecrated. c. 1063 – Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Normandy founded. 1064 Abbey of Lessay, Normandy begun. Duomo...
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    churches often had multiple towers, built over the centuries; the Abbaye aux Hommes (begun 1066), Caen has nine towers and spires, placed on the façade...
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    (source missing) H<75 Abbaye-aux-Hommes Catholic 49°10′55″N 0°22′22″W / 49.181821°N 0.372749°W / 49.181821; -0.372749 (Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen (today less...
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    11th-century austere Norman Romanesque Church of Saint-Étienne, at the Abbaye-aux-Hommes (on the east side of Caen), which was founded by William the Conqueror...
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    six-celled vault, of which one of the earliest examples is found in the Abbaye-aux-Hommes at Caen. This church, built by William the Conqueror, was originally...
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  • Riga, Sweden (now Latvia) Church 8 buried in rubble 17th century Abbaye-aux-Hommes Caen, France Church 1674 Nave of the Dom Church Utrecht, Netherlands...
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  • Name Death Place of burial Images William I 1087 Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Normandy His remains were destroyed in 1562 & 1793. The tomb survived. William...
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    of William the Conqueror, and the church estate was given to the Abbaye-aux-Hommes in Caen, Normandy. In 1499, John de Combe, a precentor of Exeter Cathedral...
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  • Brahms Toccata (Charles-Marie Widor) organ of the Abbaye aux hommes at Caen Alain mabit on Abbaye aux Hommes Night songs on Gallica Sphère d’influence for...
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    from their roofs. About 3,000 people took refuge in Bon Sauveur, Abbaye aux Hommes and Saint Etienne church. Foraging parties were sent out into the...
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    The University of Caen was founded in 1432. Early 19th century, the Abbaye-aux-Hommes became the seat of a secondary school which was to replace the Écoles...
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    London. William I is buried at the Abbey of Saint-Étienne (French: Abbaye aux Hommes) in France. Henry I is buried at Reading Abbey. Matilda is not listed...
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    the time of the Norman conquest. Representative of the period are Abbaye aux Hommes (the Abbey of the Men) in Caen, France; Worms Cathedral in Germany...
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  • Abbaye aux Dames (Abbaye de la Trinité de Caen), nuns Abbaye aux Hommes (Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Caen), monks Cagnotte Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cagnotte)...
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    informing them that refugees were gathering in the areas around the Abbaye-aux-Hommes and the Hôpital du Bon Sauveur and requested that these locations...
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    maquette de l'Abbaye aux Hommes" [In Caen, Étienne Dumortier launches a subscription to market his model of the Abbaye aux Hommes]. Le Parisien (in French)...
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    that a monk from the other monastery, the Abbey of Saint-Étienne or Abbaye aux Hommes ("Men's Abbey"), came to Clarence at night, begged him not to allow...
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  • Mayor of Caen Incumbent Aristide Olivier since 16 July 2024 Residence Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen Appointer Universal suffrage Term length 6 years Formation 1203...
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    Bty got ahead of them and were the first Allied troops to reach the Abbaye aux Hommes and liberate thousands of refugees sheltering there. By 12.45 Carpiquet...
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