Geert Groote
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Gerard Groote, otherwise Gerrit or Gerhard Groet, in Latin Gerardus Magnus, was a Dutch Catholic deacon, who was a popular preacher and the founder of the Brethren of the Common Life. He was a key fig
The beginning of the Book of the Hours of Geert Groote
Museum Geert Grote Huis, Deventer (2016)
Excerpt from a "simple" Middle Dutch book of hours, using the translation of Geert Groote. Made in the 2nd half of the fifteenth century in Brabant.
Deventer
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Deventer is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2026 the municipality of Deventer had a population of 105,111. The city is largely s
Geert Groote
…preacher and the founder of the Brethren of the Common Life. He was a key figure in the Devotio Moderna movement. He was born in the Hanseatic city Deventer in the Bishopric of Utrecht, where his father held a good civic position. He studied at Aachen, then went to the University of Paris when only fifteen…
Deventer Lebuiniskerk
Deventer, straatzicht de Brink positie 1 foto 7 2012 02 05 11.49
Stadhuis Deventer voorgevel
Deventer, Lebuinuskerk en Mariakerk