#Beguines
#SecretHistory
#EarlyFeminism
Secret doesn't begin to describe the Beguines. I'm in my upper 60s and this is the first time I've heard of them - that I recall. Anyhoos. Interesting.
youtu.be/JUUgzCBokwY?...
Work, Prayer and Service: The Beguines of Medieval Paris www.medievalists.net/2025/11/begu... #beguines
They refused to live as though marriage or monastery were the only places of purpose and belonging for women." #beguines #women #unmarried #community
Work, Prayer and Service: The Beguines of Medieval Paris www.medievalists.net/2025/11/begu... #medieval #Beguines
DYK the 13thC Catholic church committed #genocide of Christians who didn’t agree w/it? It wiped out millions of #beghards, #beguines, #Cathars, #FreeSpirits, & Waldensians, claiming they had sex w/the #Devil & his demons. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #doctrine #HistSex
He even talks about the women mystics like the #Beguines
We must remind ourselves every day to proceed in love because that is the only path that will fundamentally change the dynamics instead of eternal tit for tats that increase suffering for the vulnerable.
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Bruges. June/24. The beguines were a community of lay women (not under vows)who lived together. They started in the 12 th century and continue today. Simple white houses, a church. On the wall is written, “Hear how the silence whispers a story, a name.”
#Beguines #Bruges
Hello New People! 👋
I am a Canadian cultural historian of music and books by training, and a research coordinator at a Swedish life sciences university by profession.
Stay tuned for some #EarlyMusic, #BookHistory, #Beguines, #EnvHum, and #EnvHist. A veritable smörgåsbord, if you will.
New Medieval Books: The Mirror of Simple Souls, by Aline Kiner www.medievalists.net/2024/08/new-... #historicalfiction #beguines #books
The (modern) Ghent #Beguinage Our Lady ten Hoye in 1953. Scenes of daily life, and a profession. Wonderful images! #beguines
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZIR...
