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    Inhabitants of Arbrissel are called Arbrisselois in French. Robert of Arbrissel, the founder of the Abbey of Fontevrault, was born in Arbrissel. Communes of...
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    Robert of Arbrissel (c. 1045 – 1116) was an itinerant preacher, and founder of Fontevraud Abbey. He was born at Arbrissel (near Retiers, Brittany) and...
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    of Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preacher Robert of Arbrissel. The foundation flourished and became the centre of a new monastic Order...
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    Church. Born Petronilla of Craon, she became a follower of Robert of Arbrissel. After Philippa of Toulouse persuaded her husband, William IX, Duke of...
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    Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-78026-3. Dalarun, Jacques (2006). Robert of Arbrissel: Sex, Sin, and Salvation in the Middle Ages. CUA Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-1439-9...
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    November – The council of Poitiers decrees that the followers of Robert of Arbrissel have to settle down and live under a rule, leading to the foundation of...
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    (2006). "Negotiating the Boundaries of Gender in Religious Life: Robert of Arbrissel and Hersende, Abelard and Heloise". Viator. 37. CMRS Center for Early...
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    91) John Gualbert (995–1073) Stephen of Obazine (1084–1154) Robert of Arbrissel (c. 1045 – 1116) William of Montevergine (1085–1142) Nicholas Justiniani...
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  • Doctor of the Church. Hersende of Champagne is co-founder (with Robert of Arbrissel) and first grand prioress of Fontevraud Abbey, mother house of the order...
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    Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department Acigné Amanlis Andouillé-Neuville Arbrissel Argentré-du-Plessis Aubigné Availles-sur-Seiche Baguer-Morvan Baguer-Pican...
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