The 4th Rencontres historiques d'Ardevon took place on Saturday 8 May 2010 on the theme of "Travel and pilgrimage stories to Saint-Michel". As in the first three editions, the six papers focused on the presentation of recent research presenting sources that are little known to date. It was a fascinating day, demonstrating once again the wealth and breadth of research to be carried out on these themes.
We took a break during the day at the Couesnon dam to meet up with our friends from Brittany who were leaving that same day with the bumblebee to pass on to the Angevins, as part of Europa Compostella 2010. It was another highlight of the day.
Programme :
9 h 15 Welcoming participants
9 h 45 Opening session by Henry Decaëns, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the "Les Chemins de saint Michel" Association
Chairman of the meeting
10 h 00 Daphné Charrier-Debouvry, literature and history teacher (Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire)
"On the road to Monte Sant'Angelo: the pilgrims of Monte Gargano and their itineraries (5th-12th centuries)".
10 h 40 Jacques Le Maho, CNRS Research Fellow, Centre Michel de Boüard, CRAHAM, University of Caen,
"Les Grandes routes vers le Mont au Haut Moyen Âge" (The major routes to Mont in the High Middle Ages)
11 h 20 Break
11 h 35 Claude Bouhier, Honorary Director of the CRDP in Rouen and the "Les Chemins de saint Michel" Association
"Pilgrims to Mont-Saint-Michel from Noirmoutier (1390-1395)".
12 h 15 Lunch
14 h 30 Rendezvous at the lookout point at the dam on the Couesnon for the departure of the Amis de Saint-Jacques bretons et normands en marche vers Compostelle.
15 h 00 Florence Chaligné-Lepareur, doctor in medieval history, Université du Maine, research engineer at the Ecomusée du Perche
Les "voiages" au Mont-Saint-Michel dans les testaments du haut Maine, à la fin du Moyen Âge" (The "voiages" at Mont-Saint-Michel in the wills of Upper Maine at the end of the Middle Ages)
15 h 40 Françoise L'Homer, Honorary Professor (Orléans) and "Les Chemins de saint Michel" Association
"The pilgrimage to Mont du comte Guillaume IV de Henneberg en 1518 d'après son itinéraire".
16 h 20 Break
4:35 p.m. Alexis Douchin, archivist,
"Le voyage au Mont de Jean de La Roque au début du XVIIIe siècle : un récit entre érudition et divertissement" (Jean de La Roque's journey to Mont at the beginning of the 18th century: a tale of scholarship and entertainment)
17 h 15 Vincent Juhel, Les Chemins de saint Michel" association,
"Pilgrimage to the Mount by two people from Rouen in the 18th century
17 h 30 Conclusions by Henry Decaëns, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the "Les Chemins de saint Michel" Association
Chairman of the meeting