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Van De Perre, D. (2000). Die ältesten Klostergesetzgebungen von Prémontré, Oigny, Cîteaux, Klosterrath und Arrouaise und ihre Beziehungen zueinander. Analecta Praemonstratensia, 76, 29–69.

The first chapter of this study is devoted chiefly to examining the relationship among the oldest monastic rules of Citeaux, Kloosterrade, Oigny and Prémontré, the examination showing that, for the chapters of those rules that are similar, there is line of dependence running from Citeaux to Prémontré to Oigny and from Kloosterrade to Prémontré to Oigny. This insight has also led to the conclusion that the oldest version of the Premonstratensian Rule is not the PW text and that a Px version must have existed of which the PW text is a later variant. Oigny did not copy the PW version, but rather a Px’ version, which is a hypothetical variant of Px.   The second chapter goes into more detail about the reasons why, in the Premonstratensian Rule, the superior was called abbas (abbot) and the second in authority prepositus (provost). This is interpreted as a compromise between the German tradition, in which the superior was known as prepositus, and the French tradition, in which he was known as abbas.   In the third chapter, lastly, an examination is made of the relationship among the rules of Prémontré, Citeaux and Arrouaise for lay brothers, and shows that the Rule of Prémontré was the oldest, a conclusion that is diametrically opposed to the recent position taken by C. Waddell that the Lay-brother Rule of Citeaux had already been drawn up around 1120 and was thus older than that of Prémontré. The examination also shows that, in its first edition, the Rule of Arrouaise adopted elements of the Premonstratensian Rule and was subsequently supplemented with elements from the oldest Lay-brother Rule of Citeaux and the later Rule of Prémontré.

Van De Perre, D. (2001). De oudste bisschoppelijke en grafelijke oorkonden van de abdij van Ninove (1138-1167). Analecta Praemonstratensia, 77, 54–93.

Six of the seven charters discussed above deal with the protracted conflict between the Ninove Abbey and Gerard II of Grimbergen, situated between 1144 and 1167.   We consider the first (1138) of the three charters of Bishop Nicholas I of Cambrai as the authentic charter of foundation of the abbey, containing the deed of donation of Gerard I of Ninove. The second charter of 1139 is of doubtful authenticity. The episcopal charter of 1165, which contains a detailed list of goods of the abbey, is regarded as authentic. The two last mentioned charters can already be situated within the conflict between the abbey and Gerard II of Grimbergen. The abbey used the falsified charter of 1139, presumably made between 1144 and 1147, in order to avoid the conflict. With the charter of 1165 the abbey wanted – via the authority of bishop Nicholas II– to resolve the conflict once and for all.   The three charters of the Counts of Flanders were issued in a very short span (between 1166-1167) at the height of the conflict. They deal with the Ninove Abbey's right of the advocatia, which was originally by hereditary right connected to the dominium of the Lords of Ninove. In his charter of 1163/1166 Count Philip of Alsace claimed this right.   The 1142 charter of his father Thierry, in which Gerard I of Ninove donates the advocatia to the Count, has been drawn and issued but in 1166-1167 in the Ninove Abbey. This is a logical link between Count Philip's two charters concerning the advocatia. In the 1167 charter of the Count the conflict is definitely resolved: Gerard II of Grimbergen is forced to accept the Count's prerogatives concerning the advocatia of the abbey.  At the same time we have drawn a picture of the broader context of the Count's appearance and we have proved that Philip of Alsace – with his intervention in the Ninove conflict – introduced a new kind of politics in relation to the organisation of the central authority of the Count in the county of Flanders in general and in the Land of Aalst in particular.   The charters issued in the period between 1165 and 1167 were a key moment and turning point in the history of the Ninove Abbey of the 12th century. In 1167 a period of conflicts with the relatives of the founder had been ended and a new period of rest, welfare and protection by the Count had been announced. The Ninove Liber Miraculorum offers a probing report on this change.

Van De Perre, D. (2008). Het necrologium van de Sint-Cornelius- en Sint-Cyprianusabdij van Ninove. Tekstuitgave van de oudste twee necrologia (1185/1188-1651 en 1652-1694) met inleiding en annotaties. Analecta Praemonstratensia, 84, 5–249.

Van De Perre, D. (2007). Het kapittelboek van de Ninoofse abdij (1185-1652). Analecta Praemonstratensia, 83(1/4), 128–155.

Van De Perre, D. (2018). Het kaartenarchief van de Ninoofse abdij herbekeken. Het Land van Aalst, 70(3), 181–232.

Van De Perre, D. (2018). Geschreven bronnen over de bouw van de eerste Ninoofse abdijkerk. Het Land van Aalst, 70(1), 69–82.

Van De Perre, D. (2010). De datering van de regeerperiodes van de Ninoofse abten tot 1578. Analecta Praemonstratensia, 86(1/4), 5–45.

Van De Perre, D. (2010). De herberg van de abdij van Ninove te Dendermonde. Gedenkschriften Oudheidskundige Kring der Stad en des Voormaligen Lands van Dendermonde, 29, 299–310.

Van De Perre, D. (2001). De relatie tussen vier dertiende-eeuwse kroniek-teksten uit de Ninoofse abdij. Het Land van Aalst, 53, 287–296.

Van De Perre, D. (1990). L’acte de la donation de l’autel de Denderwindeke à l’abbaye de Vermand. Analecta Praemonstratensia, 66(1/2), 54–59.

Van De Perre, D. (1990). De schenkingsoorkonde van het altaar van Denderwindeke aan de abdij van Vermand. Analecta Praemonstratensia, 66, 54–59.

Van De Perre, D. (1992). Het altaar van Huizingen en de abdijen van Vermand, Terkameren, Ninove en Vicoigne. Analecta Praemonstratensia, 68, 241–263.

Van De Perre, D. (1995). De abdijen van Ninove en Jette (Dielegem) en hun geschil over de kerk en het kapittel van Liedekerke (1092-1180). Analecta Praemonstratensia, 71(3–4), 264–299.

Van De Perre, D., & Hauwe, R. van. (1994). De geschiedenis van Denderwindeke. 3: Parochie en kerkelijk grondbezit tijdens de middeleeuwen inzonderheid de aanwezigheid van de abdijen van Vermand (Fr.), Vicoigne (Fr.) en Ninove (1138-1490). Het land van Aalst, 46, 73–130.