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The Beguines ( / beɪˈɡiːnz, ˈbɛɡiːnz /) and the Beghards ( / ˈbɛɡərdz, bəˈɡɑːrdz /) were Christian lay religious orders that were active in Western Europe, particularly in the Low Countries, in the 13th–16th centuries. Their members lived in semi-monastic communities but did not take formal religious vows; although they ...
Beguines, women in the cities of northern Europe who, beginning in the Middle Ages, led lives of religious devotion without joining an approved religious order. So-called “holy women” (Latin: mulieres sanctae, or mulieres religiosae) first appeared in Liège toward the end of the 12th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 12, 2013 · The Beguines were inspired by the medieval quest for the apostolic life, led by Franciscan and Dominican monks in the burgeoning urban centres of 13th-century Europe. These mendicant friars ...
Feb 21, 2020 · The women, known as ‘beguines,’ ( to speak unclearly) came together to pray and minister. Free to leave their religious vocation at any time, they willingly embraced lives of simplicity, contemplation, and apostolic poverty. ‘Beguines’ (the original meaning is lost to history) came from every social class and sought lives of prayer and ...
Learn about the history and lifestyle of the beguines, unmarried women who lived in a closed community in Bruges since the 13th century. Visit the Princely Beguinage 'Ten Wijngaarde', a charming ensemble of white houses, a church and a monastery.
Feb 24, 2023 · Beguines were part of a larger religious movement of the Middle Ages that called for a life of rigorous piety and service to the poor. There was a corresponding men’s movement called the ...
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Jun 24, 2016 · Beguines were essentially self-defined, in opposition to the many attempts to control and define them. They lived by themselves or in communities called beguinages, which could be single homes for just a few women or, as in Brugge, Brussels, and Amsterdam, walled-in rows of houses where hundreds of beguines lived together—a village of women within a medieval town or city.
