Labels and Libels: Naming Beguines in Northern Medieval Europe

252 Pages·2014·1.936 MB·English

by  Letha Böhringer, Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane, Hildo van Engen (eds.)

Labels and Libels
sanctimoniaLes
Editorial Board
alison Beach, Ohio State University
Letha Böhringer, Universität zu Köln
sigrid Hirbodian, Universität Tübingen
Gisela muschiol, Universität Bonn
Volume 1
Labels and Libels
naming Beguines in northern medieval europe
edited by
Letha Böhringer,
Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane,
and Hildo van engen
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Labels and libels : naming beguines in northern medieval Europe. -- (Sanctimoniales ; 1)
1. Beguines--Europe, Northern--History--To 1500.
2. Women in Christianity--Europe, Northern--History--To 1500.
3. Societies living in common without vows--Europe, Northern--History--To 1500.
4. Beguines--Name.
I. Series
II. Bohringer, Letha editor.
III. Deane, Jennifer Kolpacoff, 1970- editor.
IV. Engen, H. van (Hildo) editor.
271.9'004'0902-dc23

ISBN-13: 9782503551357
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ISBN: 978-2-503-55135-7
e-ISBN: 978-2-503-55203-3
Printed on acid-free paper
contents
illustrations vii
Foreword ix
Preface xi
introduction
GiLes constaBLe 1
Beginnings: naming Beguines in the
southern Low countries, 1200–50
WaLter simons 9
From case studies to comparative models:
Würzburg Beguines and the Vienne Decrees
JenniFer KoLPacoFF Deane 53
When is a Beguine not a Beguine?
names, norms, and nuance in canonical Literature
eLizaBetH maKoWsKi 83
Dangerous Heretics or silly Fools? The name ‘Beguine’ as a Label
for Lay religious Women of early Thirteenth-century Brabant
Vera Von Der osten-sacKen 99
on Being a Beguine in France, c. 1300
sean L. FieLD 117
vi Contents
‘Love is Beguine’: Labelling Lay religiosity in
Thirteenth-century Paris
tanya staBLer miLLer 135
merging into clergy: Beguine self-Promotion in cologne
in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries
LetHa BöHrinGer 151
Beguines and the Devotio Moderna at the
turn of the Fifteenth century
Koen GoUDriaan 187
epilogue: The View ahead 219
index 227
illustrations
Maps
map 1, p. 16. The southern Low countries in the middle ages
map 2, p. 190. The northern Low countries in the middle ages
Tables
table 1, p. 197. number of Beguine settlements
table 2, p. 198. courts and convents
table 3, p. 199. cities with multiple Beguine settlements
table 4, p. 200. modern Devotion in the Diocese of Utrecht