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Most medieval European women could either marry a man or become a nun. Then they found a third option

In medieval Europe, most women had two potential paths: marry or become a nun. Then, in the late 12th century, a group called ...
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Cities of Ladies: Beguine Communities in the Medieval Low Countries, 1200-1565

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The Economist

Who were the Beguines?

THE death of Marcella Pattyn, on April 14th, passed quietly. But with her died a religious way of life that had survived for more than 800 years. She dedicated her life to God, wearing black robes and ...
National Catholic Reporter

Beguines modeled creative response to crisis

The historian Barbara Tuchman called the “calamitous” 14th century a “distant mirror” of our own times. Its predecessor, the 13th century, seems not to offer the same possibility for contemporary ...