▁n uns ▁in ▁Britain , ▁and ▁accepting ▁several ▁young ▁English ▁women ▁into ▁the ▁mon astic ▁community . ▁ ▁During ▁her ▁abb acy , ▁G is ela ▁worked ▁to ▁bro aden ▁the ▁scope ▁of ▁Ch elles ▁and ▁effectively ▁sh aped ▁the ▁monaster y ▁into ▁a ▁political ▁hub ▁where ▁monarch s ▁and ▁arist ocr ats ▁came ▁to ▁worship . ▁Jan et ▁L . ▁Nelson ▁called ▁it ▁the ▁" cent re ▁of ▁the ▁monarch ic ▁cult ", ▁indicating ▁a ▁unique ▁prom in ence ▁for ▁the ▁ab bey ▁and ▁firm ▁royal ▁connections . ▁Political ▁contacts ▁met ▁there ▁and ▁information ▁was ▁collected ▁from ▁across ▁the ▁kingdom . ▁Abb ess ▁G is ela ▁was ▁the ▁one ▁person ▁to ▁send ▁Al cu in ▁the ▁news ▁at ▁T ours ▁of ▁her ▁brother ▁Char lemagne ’ s ▁official ▁coron ation . ▁Nelson ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁abb ess , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁writing ▁to ▁Al cu in ▁in ▁Latin ▁to ▁request ▁a ▁Bib lic al ▁comment ary , ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁writing ▁the ▁Ann ales ▁M ett enses ▁pri ores , ▁which ▁recorded ▁a ▁visit ▁from ▁the ▁Holy ▁Roman ▁Emperor ▁Char lemagne ▁himself ▁in ▁ 8 0 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁n uns ' ▁script or ium ▁By ▁the ▁ 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁n uns ▁of ▁Ch elles ▁were ▁ren owned ▁as ▁sk illed ▁copy ists ▁and ▁authors ▁of ▁manuscript s . ▁Many ▁mem oria ▁of ▁monarch s ▁and ▁their ▁family ▁members ▁are ▁emer ging ▁from ▁their ▁script or ium , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁L ives ▁of ▁several ▁sain ts .