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Some Thirteenth Century Women in the Low Countries

Some Thirteenth Century Women in the Low Countries SOME THIRTEENTH CENTURY WOMEN IN THE LOW COUNTRIES A Special Case? by BRENDA M. BOLTON London There are English precedents for writing about the beguines. These women, particularly identified with the Low Countries in the thirteenth century' and described at the time by Humbert de Romans, minister general of the Dominican order, as 'those happy beguines, most worthy of praise, who in the midst of a perverse generation are leading lives of the greatest sanctity'2 were written about by two English contemporaries, Robert Grosseteste and Matthew Paris. They not only found time to write about them but also attached great importance and significance to them. Robert Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln3 and Matthew Paris of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans4 were both impressed by the intensity of the religious life of these women. Indeed Grosseteste, the greatest cham- pion of the franciscans in England, used them as examples to encourage the friars to even greater efforts in their search for poverty5. After preaching a public sermon on poverty, c12306, in which he had said that on 1 General but highly readable introductions to this subject may be found in R. W. Southern, Western Society and the Church in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture) Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1981 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0028-2030
eISSN
1871-2401
DOI
10.1163/002820381X00024
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Abstract

SOME THIRTEENTH CENTURY WOMEN IN THE LOW COUNTRIES A Special Case? by BRENDA M. BOLTON London There are English precedents for writing about the beguines. These women, particularly identified with the Low Countries in the thirteenth century' and described at the time by Humbert de Romans, minister general of the Dominican order, as 'those happy beguines, most worthy of praise, who in the midst of a perverse generation are leading lives of the greatest sanctity'2 were written about by two English contemporaries, Robert Grosseteste and Matthew Paris. They not only found time to write about them but also attached great importance and significance to them. Robert Grosseteste, bishop of Lincoln3 and Matthew Paris of the Benedictine abbey of St Albans4 were both impressed by the intensity of the religious life of these women. Indeed Grosseteste, the greatest cham- pion of the franciscans in England, used them as examples to encourage the friars to even greater efforts in their search for poverty5. After preaching a public sermon on poverty, c12306, in which he had said that on 1 General but highly readable introductions to this subject may be found in R. W. Southern, Western Society and the Church in

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Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture)Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1981

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