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Beguinage of Bruges. The Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde (Dutch: Prinselijk Begijnhof Ten Wijngaerde) is the only preserved beguinage in Bruges, Belgium. There are no more beguines living there, but since 1927, it has functioned as a convent for Benedictines, founded by canon Hoornaert. In the same year, the houses at the west side were also ...
There was a beguinage at Mechelen as early as 1207, at Brussels in 1245, at Leuven before 1232, at Antwerp in 1234, and at Bruges in 1244. By the close of the century, most communes in the Low Countries had a beguinage; several of the great cities had two or more.
A beguinage, from the French term béguinage, is an architectural complex which was created to house beguines: lay religious women who lived in community without taking vows or retiring from the world. Originally the beguine institution was the convent, an association of beguines living together or in close proximity of each other under the ...
Antwerp, Bruges, Dendermonde, Diest, Ghent (Old Saint Elisabeth, New Saint Elisabeth in Sint-Amandsberg and Our Lady Ter Hooyen) Hoogstraten, Lier, Leuven (Large and Small), Mechelen (Large and Small) Kortrijk, Sint-Truiden, Turnhout and Tongeren. Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden (extant) at Bonheiden (Antwerp): Benedictine nuns.
Bruges was a location of coastal settlement during prehistory. This Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement are unrelated to medieval city development. In the Bruges area, the first fortifications were built after Julius Caesar 's conquest of the Menapii in the first century BC, to protect the coastal area against pirates.
The last houses of the beguinage disappeared in 1856. The church was designated a historic monument on 5 March 1936. [ 2 ] In 1998, the tragic expulsion of the Nigerian asylum seeker Semira Adamu , who died after police violence, triggered the occupation of the church from October 1998 to January 1999 by political refugee candidates awaiting ...
The personal psalter of Margaretha II of Flanders; illuminated by the Dampierre Masters, Flanders/Artois, ca. 1250-1280 [21] (Bruges Public Library, Ms. 820 Collection of the Flemish Community) [22] Like her sister, Margaret supported and founded religious houses. [2] In 1245, she founded the Béguinage in Bruges. She also had an interest in ...
The Great Beguinage of Leuven (Dutch: Groot Begijnhof van Leuven) is a well-preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown Leuven, Belgium. About 3 hectares (7.4 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest remaining beguinages in the ...