Boubiers, Saints-Gilles-et-Leu
BOUBIERS

Building Data for Boubiers, Saints-Gilles-et-Leu

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  • Type: Parish
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  • Region: Picardie
  • Department: Oise
  • Coords: 49.223, 1.8756
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  • Surveyed: 1972-74

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Documents for Boubiers, Saints-Gilles-et-Leu

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The spire.

...donc en l'année 1156 a jeter les premiers fondemens de dix sept eglises paroissales dans les compagnes voisines de Meullent leur ville capitale, tous les edifices furent achevés en moins de six a sept ans avec clochers en pierres de taille d'une belle structure comme tous les voyon encore aujourd'huy dans les paroisses de Gavancourt, Clery, Condecourt, Gaillon, Tepancourt, Hardicourt, Jambville, Livray, et plusieurs autres,...

...in 1156 built the first foundations of seventeen parish churches in the country near their capital city Meulun, all of the buildings were achieved in less than six or seven years with towers of cut stone and of such fine structure as those which can be seen today in the parishes of Gavancourt, Clery, Condecourt, Gaillon, Tepancourt, Hardicourt, Jambville, Livray, and several others,...

Source: Lévrier, Memoires historiques sur les ville, comté, baillage et siège principal de Meullent, 1767, fol. 136.

From the chronicle of Saint Nicaise at Melun, Count Galeran II (1118-1166) swore in 1142, that if he returned from the crusade he would pay for work on seventeen churches. With his wife he only began in 1156. See John James and Stephen Gardner, "The Work of Count Galeran", Avista Forum, x (1996-7), pp. 9-10, for an assessment of which churches were involved.