Cities of ladies : Beguine communities in the medieval low countries, 1200-1565

Cities of ladies : Beguine communities in the medieval low countries, 1200-1565 / Walter Simons.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simons, Walter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2001]
Series:Middle Ages series.
Subjects:
600-1500
Beguines > Benelux countries > History.
Monasticism and religious orders for women > Benelux countries > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Beguines
Church history > Middle Ages
Monasticism and religious orders for women > Middle Ages
Beginen
Begijnen.
Begijnhoven.
Benelux countries > Church history.
Benelux countries
Niederlande
Church history
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Women, Work, and Religion in the Southern Low Countries
  • The Southern Low Countries in the High and Late Middle Ages
  • Household Structure and Gender
  • Religious Renewal and Dissent Before the Beguines
  • Women as Reformers and Heretics
  • Lambert le Begue
  • The Formation of Beguinages
  • Informal Communities
  • Formal Communities
  • The Contemplative and the Active Life
  • The Withdrawal from the World
  • Charity
  • Teaching
  • Manual Work
  • Saints and Workers
  • The Social Composition of Beguine Communities
  • Social and Economic Status
  • Patrons of the Beguinages
  • The Success of a Formula
  • Conflict and Coexistence
  • The Debate
  • The Inquiries
  • The Aftermath
  • Repertory of Beguine Communities
  • Population of Select Court Beguinages.

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