Beguinage

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Illustration

Ibolya Horváth
by Charles Hutchins
published on 15 March 2019
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Begijnhof, Breda, The Netherlands.
The Beguines were all devoted women who lived lives of poverty, good works, and charity but were not nuns and could leave the group whenever they chose to.

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Hutchins, C. (2019, March 15). Beguinage. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10197/beguinage/

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Hutchins, Charles. "Beguinage." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 15, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10197/beguinage/.

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Hutchins, Charles. "Beguinage." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 15 Mar 2019. Web. 26 Jul 2024.

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