wunder · Library

Part 16

Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine · Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Freeman — chapter 16 of 20 · ~238 words · public domain

Read in the Wunder reader — free

Saint Cross, Saint-Lo, 85-87

Saint-Evroul, 143; his story, 162; his name, 163; memorials and relics of, 167

Saint Evroul Abbey, home of Orderic, 143, 160, et seq.; restored by families of Geroy and Grantmesnil, 162; pillaged by order of Hugh the Great, 164; its architectural remains, 165-167

Saint-Evroul, Mortain, its foundation, 106; its architectural features, 106-108

Saint German, Argentan, 127, 131-136

Saint Gervase, Falaise, 16, 173

Saint James, topographical use of the name, 77; fortified by William the Conqueror, ib., 78; won back by Henry the Ætheling, ib.; its position, ib.; site of William's castle, 79

Saint John, Verneuil, its tower, 176, 177

Saint Julian's, Le Mans, contrasted with cathedral church of Chartres, 200 et seq.; Romanesque work at, 206, 207; Angevin style in, 226. See also Le Mans.

Saint-Lo (Manche), town and church of, 83-87

Saint-Lo, Rouen, 80

Saint Martin, Argentan, 131, 134-136

Saint Martin, Laigle, 157, 158

Saint Martin-in-the-Vale, Chartres, 209

Saint Mary Magdalen, Verneuil, its fine tower, 175, 176

Saint Michael in Peril of the Sea, 44, 55

Saint Nicolas, Beaumont-le-Roger, 181, 182

Saint Nicolas, Coutances, 87, 88

Saint Peter, Abbey, Chartres, 209

Saint Peter, Coutances, 85, 87, 88; compared with Saint German, Argentan, 131

Saint Price, near Laval, 234

Saint Ouen, Rouen, 24

Saint Remigius, Tinchebray, 119

Saint Saviour, castle and abbey of, 70, 71

Saint Stephen's, Caen, 8, 26

Sainte-Susanne, 156, 234

Saxons, settlement of, at Bayeux, 5

Silchester and Jublains, compared, 189-191

← Previous chapterAll chaptersNext chapter →

Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine · The Wunder Library — complete classics, free to read, with narration.

© 2026 Wunder Learning LLC · Terms & Privacy