Ter Doest Abbey
Ter Doest Abbey (
.History
Lambert, lord of Lissewege, left an estate with a chapel in 1106 to the
The abbey played an important part in the building of dykes and the reclamation of land in the coastal areas of Flanders, Zeeland and Holland, and also in the wool trade.[1]
Saint Thorfinn, otherwise
Willem van Saeftinghe, a lay brother of Ter Doest, fought with the Flemish in the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302, where he is said to have unhorsed the French leader, Robert, Count of Artois, whereupon other Flemish soldiers killed him.[1] In 1308 during a revolt of the lay brothers, Willem killed the cellarer of the abbey, and injured the abbot, Willem van Cordewaegen, so badly that he nearly died.[3][4]
In 1624 Ter Doest was united with Ten Duinen, which in 1627 moved to Bruges. It was dissolved in the French Revolution in 1796.
Buildings
Almost the only building to survive is the
The abbey once had a vast church with three aisles, which was destroyed in 1571 by the
Abbots
The list of the abbots of Ter Doest:
- 1174–1179: Desiderius Haket
- 1179–1190: Jan van Brugge
- 1190–1204: Mattheus van Gent
- 1204–1213: Willem van Oostburg
- 1213–1219: Daniël van Brugge
- 1219–1226: Salomon van Gent
- 1226–1230: Willem II van Tielt
- 1230–1237: Christiaan van Ieper
- 1237–1239: Willem II van Tielt
- 1239–1243: Hendrik van Craeywyc
- 1243–1256: Jan II Smedekin
- 1256–1274: Nicolaas Cleywaert
- 1274–1279: Jan III Stefaan
- 1279–1285: Willem III van Hemme
- 1285–1300: Arnulfus Neyhensis
- 1300–1302: Willem IV Mostaert
- 1302–1316: Willem V Cordewaegen
- 1316–1329: Nicolaas II Layenweerd
- 1329–1334: Hendrik II van Brabant
- 1334–1338: Petrus I van Axel
- 1338–1363: Michiel de Keysere
- 1363–1385: Willem IV De Smidt
- 1385–1417: Jan IV van Hulst
- 1417–1426: Thomas Vindevoet
- 1426–1461: Jacobus Schaep
- 1461–1482: Laurens De Vriendt
- 1482–1492: Hendrik III Keddekin
- 1492–1501: Martinus Weyts
- 1501–1506: Adriaan Lanchals
- 1506–1512: Jan V Vettegrave
- 1514- ? : Willem VII Pieters
- ?-1525: Josse Arents
- 1525–1536: Gilles van der Elst
- 1536–1537: Jan VI Huyssens
- 1537–1551: Petrus II Van den Driessche
- 1551–1556: Jan VII van Marissiën
- 1556–1559: Antonius Brakele
- 1559–1569: Vincent Doens
Notable monks
- Jan van He, theologian
- Johannes de Pascuis, theologian
References
- ^ a b c "Grange dîmière Ter Doest". Châteaux Forts Médiévaux de Belgique. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ISBN 0-14-051312-4
- ^ Willam was pardoned by the Pope on condition that he serve in one of the military orders; he joined the Hospitallers and is believed to have been killed during the conquest of Rhodes in 1309.
- ISBN 9789020955743. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ Joseph Delmelle, Abbayes et béguinages de Belgique, Rossel Édition, Bruxelles, p.30-31
Bibliography
- Heirman/Van Santvoort, 2000: Le guide de l'architecture en Belgique (p. 90). Editions Racine: Brussels ISBN 2-87386-236-X
External links
- Châteaux Forts Médiévaux de Belgique: Grange dîmière Ter Doest (in French)
- Photos of the barn (in Italian)
- Charles Louis Carton and Ferdinand van de Putte, Chronique de l'Abbaye de Ter Doest, Bruges, Vandecasteele-Werbrouck, 1845