Other monasteries in Indre-et-Loire

Initially, the site was known as Saint-Michel de Luzé, but this name was gradually replaced by Bois-Aubry, which became firmly established by the fifteenth century. During the sixteenth century, the abbey came under the commendatory system. At the same time, it may also have suffered the effects of the French Wars of Religion and entered a prolonged period of decline that lasted until its suppression during the French Revolution. Sold in 1792, the former abbey fell into ruin. In 1978, a community of the Orthodox Church settled there and began restoring the site. Since 2006, it has been privately owned. Despite years of neglect, some medieval structures have been partially recovered.

The abbey also suffered the effects of the Hundred Years' War. The cloister was built during the last quarter of the fifteenth century. The last regular abbot was Jacques de Mauny († 1542), while his brother François († 1558) became the first commendatory abbot and governed Noyers between 1544 and 1554. Later, during the Wars of Religion, a large part of the monastery was damaged in 1589. In 1659, the Maurist reform was introduced, promoting new building works, although by the mid-eighteenth century the community was already in decline. The church and most of the monastic buildings were lost during the Revolution, although several eighteenth-century structures still survive.

The site continued to accommodate hermits until Saint-Martin founded an Augustinian house of regular canons there in 1092. This community remained active as a priory, under the protection of its influential parent house, until 1742. After the cessation of its activity, the complex was partially demolished. It was subsequently sold following the Revolution. Today, only the well-preserved ruins survive. The poet Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585) was appointed prior of this house, where he died and was buried.

The new Benedictine monastery was established at a more distant site. Nevertheless, the church of Notre-Dame-de-l’Écrignole was preserved and became dependent on Beaumont as a parish church. The monastery remained linked to Saint-Martin, and the nuns continued to be subject to its authority, giving rise to disputes between the two institutions. The abbey had several dependent priories, including Notre-Dame de Moncé (Indre-et-Loire), which was later raised to the status of an abbey. The community remained active until the Revolution, although a major fire severely affected the monastic complex in 1784. Today, only a few remains survive.

At the beginning of the fifteenth century, during the Hundred Years' War, the abbey suffered from pillaging, a situation that recurred in 1562 during the Wars of Religion. In 1668, it joined the Congregation of France, and major renovation works were carried out during the eighteenth century. Shortly afterwards, in 1791, the Revolution brought monastic life at Gastines to an end, and the dismantling of the complex began. Today, some early remains and several eighteenth-century buildings have survived.