Beguine communities in the Medieval Low Countries, 1200-1565
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Simons, Walter
- Publish Year
- 2001
- Shelfmark
- B2044 - B
- Thesaurus
- begijnen, religieuze bewegingen, vrouwencultuur, middeleeuwen, 13e eeuw, 14e eeuw, 15e eeuw, 16e eeuw, België, Nederland, onderzoeksverslag
- Description
- The author traces the transformation of informal clusters of single women from the thirteenth century to the large beguinages in the sixteenth century in Holland and Belgium. These semi-religious communities of women offered lower and middle class women an alternative to both marriage and convent life.