Beguines and Beghards
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beguines-and-beghards-206-11043514
title:
Beguines and Beghards
text:
The Beguines and the Beghards were Christian lay religious orders that were active in Western Europe, particularly in the Low Countries, in the 13th–16th centuries. Their members lived in semi-monastic communities but did not take formal religious vows; although they promised not to marry "as long as they lived as Beguines", to quote an early Rule of Life, they were free to leave at any time. Beguines were part of a larger spiritual revival movement of the 13th century that stressed imitation of
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description:
Historical Christian lay religious order
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beguines_and_Beghards
date created:
2005-05-31T19:08:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T20:11:09Z
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