 Guéranger then left Tours and moved to Le Mans, where he began to publish various historical works on the liturgy, such as "De la prière pour le Roi" (October 1830) and "De l'élection et de la nomination des évêques" (1831), their subject being inspired by the political and religious situation of the day.Denouncing what he saw as anti-liturgical tendencies in the French Church of his day, his writings drew the praise of the clergy but also the opposition of a vocal faction among the French bishops.In 1831 the derelict Priory of Solesmes, which was about an hour's journey from Sablé, was put up for sale and Guéranger now saw a means of realizing his desire to re-establish, in this monastery, monastic life under the Rule of St. Benedict.