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Letters of Peter of Celle, The responding it examines how female travellersPeter of Celle, abbot of the great Benedictine houses of Montier la Celle (c. 1145 62) and Saint Remi, Reims (1162 81), and bishop of Chartres (1181 3), was a figure of considerable authority and influence in twelfth century France. Close to the royal family and to the court of Champagne, a friend of John of Salisbury and a supporter of Thomas Becket, known to Saint Bernard and to Peter the Venerable, his connections were impressive. In his letters,