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The Beguines and Beghards in medieval culture

xvii, 643 pages ; 25 cm · Part one: a case study in the Vita Apostolica -- I. Introduction -- II. Orignies-sur-Sambre -- III. The education of Jacques de Vitry in Belgium -- IV. The cure of Orignies and Nivelles -- John of Nivelles -- Lesser luminaries -- William, founder of L'Olive -- Mary and the lay world -- Theodore of Celles -- V. The semireligious under discipline -- The Beguinage of Oignies -- The Beguinages of Nivelles -- Namur -- VI. The puritan ethic in liege -- Part two: the extraregular in state and society -- I. Social origins: the frauenfrage -- II. Older monarchism and the Cura Monialium -- III. The Via Media -- IV. Apostolic poverty -- V. Protection by the hierarchy -- VI. Master Renier of Tongres -- VII. Beguine parochial organization under Cistercian Auspices -- VIII. "Muro Inexpugnabili Bellatorum" -- IX. Comital patronage in Flanders -- X. Relations with lay authorities in Brabant and Holland -- XI. Royal patronage in France -- XII. The Beguinages and indulgences -- XIII. The Beguinages and the interdict -- XIV. The Beghards -- XV. The Cellites -- XVI. The extraregular in industry -- Part three: spiritual currents in Belgium and Rhineland -- I. Hildegarde of Bin

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