Cantal. Living in Jou-sous-Monjou at the time of the Prince of Monaco

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“Living in Jou at the time of Prince of Monaco17th – 18th centuries”, was the title of the conference what did the researcher in modern history from Paris-Sorbonne University Claude Grimmer-Fontangewhose family is originally from this Carladesian territory.

“In Carladès, the village of Jou is made up of numerous hamletsand the church, in the heart of the village, is the main link between nobles, peasants and artisans » .

The church in the center of the village

Inviting the large public to meet its inhabitants, with their concerns, in a particularly shaken by violencethe writer, says she has carried out work of 6 year searchfor the writing of his work on Charles de Gonzague, Duke of NeversEuropean prince under Louis XIII, and founder of the city of Charleville-Mézièresin the Ardennes department, where she lives part of the year.

The speaker recounts how, under the reign of this same Louis XIII (son of Henri IV and Marie de Medici), the Prince of Monaco was awarded the Carladès Countyfollowing the signing of the Treaty of Péronne, September 14, 1641, after his joining the Kingdom of Franceat the end of the 30 years war.

A very committed godmother

Claude Grimmer-Fontange, viscerally linked to this Cantal enclave (read his historical novel “ My everything, my king : La Fontanges (1661-1681)” published in 1988, published by Mercure de France), is godmother of the association of friends of the church of Jou-sous-Monjou and is investing in preservationof Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption.

The church is one of the most beautiful Romanesque churches in Haute-Auvergne, dating from the 12th century, on what appears to be a ancient Carolingian site according to a recent archaeological study.

An ambitious summary

The speaker takes us back to a not-so-distant era (less than four centuries), where there was a world of between oneself.“The inhabitants of the village married individuals from the surrounding villages, Raulhac being the most popular while Mur-de-Barrez was much less popular”. It seeks to distinguish a hierarchy by landin opposition to another hierarchy, that of the feather .

Claude Grimmer-Fontange quotes several times “The lords of the Escalmels Tree which can be found spelled in one word, in 2 words or in 3”. In fact, this family was Lord of Jouat the time of the Prince of Monaco, and inside the church we find, a funeral liter with their coat of arms on which a black band was painted, a symbol of mourning.

The historian dwells for a moment on the configuration of the judicial chain, noting “the presence of a bailiwick in Vic-sur-Cère, of a presidential in Aurillac and the concierge service on the Île de la Cité, in Paris. All this, under the gaze of the priest, who received the confessionsof this whole community which was active around the church, in the center of the village.

Jou, a village of nurseries

As of December 14, 2024, until January 8, 2025Jou-sous-Monjou will metamorphose into a nursery village remarkable and unique, restoring the climate of Christmas parties in the magnificent little Romanesque church of Carladès.

On December 14, the day of the inauguration, there will beChristmas carolswith Jean-Louis Deygas, at 5:30 p.m. FREE ENTRANCE. Church open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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For any request for information or donations, contact: Town Hall, Le bourg, 15 800 Jou-sous-Monjou. Such. 04 71 49 57 78.

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