Abbess Annes and the Ape

As one might expect, there were fewer nunneries than monasteries in medieval Wales. There appear to have been only three long-standing religious houses for women: two Cistercian convents at Llanllŷr and Llanllugan and a Benedictine priory at Usk. The Cistercian house at Llanllŷr in Ceredigion was fo...

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Zusammenfassung:As one might expect, there were fewer nunneries than monasteries in medieval Wales. There appear to have been only three long-standing religious houses for women: two Cistercian convents at Llanllŷr and Llanllugan and a Benedictine priory at Usk. The Cistercian house at Llanllŷr in Ceredigion was founded before 1197 by the Lord Rhys as a daughter house to Strata Florida Abbey and the house at Llanllugan in Powys was founded by Maredudd ap Rhobert probably sometime between 1170 and 1190, although possibly later.¹ Before 1135 Richard de Clare settled Benedictine nuns at Usk and Richard Strongbow later granted an important