Benedictine Foundation
The Benedictine monastery was finally established between about 1095 and 1110 by Theodoric of Avesnes and his wife Ada. From this time its continuous history is on record, but without much detail.
The abbey was badly damaged during the Hundred Years' War and continued in decline until the mid-16th century.
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