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12-561: Larrey may refer to: Larrey, Côte-d'Or , a commune of the Côte-d'Or département , France Dominique Jean Larrey (1766-1842), senior French surgeon in Napoleon's army Isaac de Larrey (1638/39 – 1719), French historian See also [ edit ] Larry (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

24-565: A city), and a canonry is a community of canons regular . The terms abbey and priory can be applied to both monasteries and canonries; an abbey is headed by an abbot , and a priory is a lesser dependent house headed by a prior . In the Middle Ages , convents often provided to women a way to excel, as they were considered inferior to men. In convents, women were educated and were able to write books and publish works on gardening or musicology. or on religion and philosophy. The abbess of

36-524: A convent was often also involved in decisions of secular life and interacted with politicians and businessmen. Unlike an abbey , a convent is not placed under the responsibility of an abbot or an abbess, but of a superior or prior. In modern English usage, since about the 19th century, the term convent almost invariably refers to a community of women, while monastery and friary are used for communities of men. In historical usage they are often interchangeable, with convent especially likely to be used for

48-853: A friary. When applied to religious houses in Eastern Orthodoxy and Buddhism , English refers to all houses of male religious as monasteries and of female religious as convents. The mendicant orders appeared at the beginning of the 13th century with the growth of cities; they include in particular the Dominicans , the Franciscans , the Carmelites , and the Augustinians . While the Benedictine monks and their various variants devoted themselves to their agricultural properties,

60-493: Is Saint Germain d'Auxerre, which stands on a hill outside the village. It was built in the first half of the 16th century (the choir is dated 1543) restored in the 19th century, and registered as an Historic Monument in 1925. It was only in the 20th century that ownership of the church was transferred to the neighboring village, Poinçon-lès-Larrey , which no longer had a church of its own (the chapel had fallen into disrepair), while Larrey had two. There are several ancient crosses in

72-655: Is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France . It is situated on the Cremant Road and near the future National Park of Forests of Champagne and Burgundy. The village is situated at 231 metres above sea-level, and the chateau at 263 metres. Larrey lies at the foot of the hills of the Châtillonnais forest. Wine grapes are grown on the hills. In 1430,

84-425: Is private property and is not open to visitors. There are two churches in the village, only one of which still belongs to Larrey. Saint-Roch Church, dating from 1883, is located in the heart of the village. The church replaced the former chapel founded in 1615 by Regnault Martin. Several of the stained-glass windows were funded by donations, and the names of the donators were inscribed on the windows. The second church

96-692: The chateau was besieged during the Hundred Years War . On 26 February 1430 the Burgundian nobility gathered at Semur-en-Auxois to resist the Duke of Burgundy's enemies, who had recently captured the chateau in Larrey. The enemies in question were the English, who had seized the possessions of the Duke of Burgundy at Candlemas (about 2 February 1430). On or around 7 March, Burgundian troops besieged

108-465: The chateau, which was finally retaken on Quasimodo Sunday 1430. A chateau built in 1230 by Eudes de Grancey, one of the most powerful lords in northern Burgundy, overlooks the village. The chateau was besieged in 1430. It was modified and enlarged between the 15th and the 17th centuries. During the 19th century its condition deteriorated when it was used as a farm. Parts of the chateau were registered as an Historic Monument on 13 March 1972: The chateau

120-541: The neighborhood. The Maison des Sœurs, a former nunnery , was renovated in 2010 and is now the town hall. An attractive ancient lavoir , located on the town square, was renovated in 2011. Nunnery The term is particularly used in the Catholic Church , Lutheran churches , and the Anglican Communion . The term convent derives via Old French from Latin conventus , perfect participle of

132-509: The title Larrey . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larrey&oldid=948419504 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Larrey, C%C3%B4te-d%27Or Larrey ( French pronunciation: [laʁɛ] )

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144-424: The verb convenio , meaning "to convene, to come together". It was first used in this sense when the eremitical life began to be combined with the cenobitical. The original reference was to the gathering of mendicants who spent much of their time travelling. Technically, a monastery is a secluded community of monastics, whereas a friary or convent is a community of mendicants (which, by contrast, might be located in

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