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    Le Bec-Hellouin (French pronunciation: [lə bɛk ɛlwɛ̃]) is a commune in the department of Eure in the Normandy region in northern France. It is best known...
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    the Eure département, in the Bec valley midway between the cities of Rouen and Bernay. It is located in Le Bec Hellouin, Normandy, France, and was the...
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  • in England Bec Abbey, a medieval monastery in Normandy, France Bec School, a school in London Le Bec-Hellouin, a town in Normandy, France Bec (novel), by...
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    monastery experienced significant growth and founded a second church at Le Bec-Hellouin. William the Conqueror endowed the abbey, as did his sons. Lanfranc...
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  • Calvados Beuvron-en-Auge Eure Le Bec-Hellouin Lyons-la-Forêt Manche Barfleur Orne Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei Seine-Maritime Veules-les-Roses Charente Aubeterre-sur-Dronne...
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    monks of the abbey of Le Bec-Hellouin in Normandy. The 'Bec' part of the name 'Weedon Bec' is derived from the Abbey of Bec-Hellouin in Normandy, France...
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    condemned for his Jansenist views. The young Colbert was abbot at Le Bec-Hellouin before becoming Archbishop of Rouen in 1691. He was admitted to the...
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  • placenames. Bec-de-Mortagne, Seine-Maritime Notre-Dame-du-Bec, Seine-Maritime Le Bec Hellouin, Eure Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec, Eure Le Bec-Thomas, Eure...
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  • successor. Theobald's family was from the area around Thierville near Le Bec-Hellouin, in the Risle River valley. The modern historian Frank Barlow speculates...
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    du IXe Centenaire de L'Arrivée d'Anselme au Bec. Vol. I. Le Bec-Hellouin/Paris: Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec/Librairie philosophique J. Vrin. pp. 327–335...
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