The order began to combat the relaxation of its religious regime under the direction of
Raymond of Capua late in the 14th century. He initiated a movement of strict observance
of the contemplative and monastic side of Dominican life that burgeoned throughout the
15th century. It led in time to the formation of congregations within the order, that is,
groups of Observant convents that existed autonomously within and across the provincial
structure of the order. Of particular importance to the French provinces were the
Congregation of Holland (1464) and the Congregation of France (1497).
Robert Sweetman
[See also: ALBERT THE GREAT; AQUINAS, THOMAS; AUGUSTINE, RULE OF
ST.; AUGUSTINIAN FRIARS/HERMITS; BERNARD GUI; FRANCISCAN ORDER;
GREGORY IX; HERESY; INQUISITION; MENDICANT ART AND
ARCHITECTURE; MONASTICISM; MYSTICISM; PREACHING; REGULAR
CANONS; SCHOLASTICISM; UNIVERSITIES; WILLIAM OF SAINT-AMOUR]
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DOMMARTIN
. The Premonstratensian abbey church of Dommartin (Pas-de-Calais) was one of the
largest and wealthiest of the houses founded from Saint-Martin at Laon. The 12th-century
church, begun ca. 1160, was destroyed following the Revolution, but analysis of the ruins
and excavations have produced an accurate plan (Pontroué) and numerous beautiful
foliate capitals, some of which are housed in the museum at Amiens.
William W.Clark
Enlart, Camille. Monuments religieux de l’architecture romane et de transition dans la région
picarde. Amiens: Yvert et Tellier, 1895.
Pontroué, Pierre. “Quatre ans de recherches archéologiques à l’abbaye de Dommartin.” Bulletin de
la Commission Départementale des Monuments Historiques du Pas-de-Calais 9(1973):266–80.
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