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.
Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde, Bruges
View of the St. Elizabeth Beguinage in Kortrijk
A beguine, inhabitant of a beguinage. Excerpt from a manuscript of the beguinage of Sint-Aubertus in Ghent. Made c. 1840.
View of the Great Beguinage in Leuven
Kortrijk, sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray, is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
Beguinage
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