limited edition, numbered and justified: copy No. 025/300 constituting the 1st reissue. (published in 1888)

 THE HOUSE OF GRAULE by Adolphe De Rochemonteix.

study on the life and works of the lay brothers of Cîteaux in Auvergne, in the Middle Ages.

collection directed by M.-G. Micberth, “monographs of the towns and villages of France”.

The Book of History-Lorisse publisher. 2004

here the facsimile of the original edition.

paperback glossy cover 20 x 14 cm,

2 ff. (to readers; warning); 294 pp. 

ISBN 2-84373-595-5

in very good condition: solid and clear set, close to new. 

text noted on the back cover: Nothing is more stimulating, especially for an inspector from the French Archaeological Society, like Adolphe de Chalmet de Rochemonteix, than carrying out research on the Auvergne plateaus, to find traces of disappeared buildings and to bring them back to life, thanks to the decryption of old documents and field verifications. Especially since this considerable work was to allow him to write this work dedicated to the Maison de Graule, a farm in Cîteaux, built in the 12th century, in the heart of the Limon mountain, and to bring back a great era: that of a resurgence of the Christian faith marked by the decisive action of Saint Robert, the abbot of Molesmes and Saint Bernard, the first abbot of Clairvaux. Certainly, the destiny of the House of Graule was brief - it covered a little more than two centuries - but it still appears today as an essential period in the history of the Limon plateau, both for the revival of religious fervor and she brought to these places only for the exploitation of the land.

It was in fact around 1147 that Stephen I, abbot of Obazine, founded the Grange de Graule, traces of which are still visible today for hikers on the Limon plateau who go from Cheylade to Dienne. All the information is given to us here, concerning the act of donation of the territory of Graule by Léon II de Dienne to Étienne, its location and its exact limits, the organization of the farm, called "Grange", with its regulations and its administration, the appearance of the Limon in the 12th century, the life of the Grange and the...