Daily Archives: December 4, 2010


One-third of the population of the German lands was killed as a result of the Thirty Years’ War between 1618 and 1648. The Art of Germany, Andrew Graham-Dixon, BBC 4

Thirty Years’ War


Amidst the fervant religiosity of the Crusades a female movement emerged at the start of the 12th century. Across the Low Countries and the German lands women began to live alone, and devoted themselves to prayer and good works. They were not nuns, they did not take vows or give up property, but they devoted themselves to attending to the poor. About the beginning of the […]

Beguines – the good women of northern Europe