Beguines Archive
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Sisters Between: Gender and the Medieval Beguines
Posted on March 17, 2013 | No CommentsThe origins of the Beguines can be traced to two important medieval religious reform movements: monastic mysticism and the vita apostolica, or "apostolic life." -
The vita of Douceline de Digne (1214-1274): Beguine spirituality and orthodoxy in thirteenth century Marseilles
Posted on April 4, 2012 | No CommentsAmongst these is Douceline de Digne (1214-1274) whose life as a mystic and a beguine provides evidence for a new perspective on the influence and participation of women in the spirituality of the mid-thirteenth century. -
Minnesota professor receives funding to research medieval religious women in Germany
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsFor years, Deane has been passionate about studying the lay religious women of medieval Europe often known as 'beguines', whose hundreds of independent communities were mainly centered in the Low Countries, the Rhine region, France, and German-speaking lands. -
Retroactive Heresy: The influence of early Christian heresies on the identification and reaction to heretical sects
Posted on February 20, 2012 | No CommentsThe medieval Church viewed itself as Defender of the Faith, the destroyer of the unbelievers, the wrong believers. These heretics were to be reviled and feared as perverters of God’s word. The perverters of orthodoxy were, ultimately, not to be distinguished from one another, but rather known by catchphrases. -
Blood and body : women’s religious practices in late medieval Europe
Posted on September 10, 2011 | No CommentsBlood and body : women’s religious practices in late medieval Europe Tudesko, Jenny L. Thesis: M.A., History, California State University, Sacramento (2009) Abstract Religious women in thirteenth and fourteenth-century Western... -
KALAMAZOO 2011: Session 185 – Friday, May 13:The Papacy and Thirteenth-Century Women
Posted on July 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe Papacy and Thirteenth-Century Women Sponsor:Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure University and Women in the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition (WIFIT) Organizer: Maria Pia Alberzoni, University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Presider: Jean François...
