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Beguines (bāgēnz`), religious associations of women in Europe, established in the 12th cent. The members, who took no vows and were not subject to the rules of any order, were usually housed in individual cottages and devoted themselves to charitable works; their community was called a beguinage. Until the 14th cent., numerous women of high social standing went into the communities. From Belgium and the Netherlands the movement extended across France and Germany. During the earlier years, their services to society brought the Beguines favor and protection from secular and church authorities; but in the 13th and 14th cent. accusations of heresies and immorality among them as well as among the Beghards Beghards , religious associations of men in Europe, organized similarly to the Beguines. They resembled a Franciscan group, with whom they were later often confused.
..... Click the link for more information. , the corresponding bands of men, led to the scattering of the members. The character of the surviving communities eventually changed, in some localities taking the form of almshouses for needy spinsters.

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See study by E. W. McDonnell (1954, repr. 1969).

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No references found	There [are] many parallels between the Beguines then and women now--women building safety nets to assist each other, living lives that made sense with less economic burden on the individual, a common spiritual approach to everyday life, and the need for meaningful, purposeful work," says Morgana Morgaine, a nurse in Asheville, North Carolina, who has studied the Beguines for the past twenty-five years and, with five other women, plans to create a Beguine-inspired community. Simple lives: a new beginning for the Beguines? by Raber, Jean Hughes / Commonweal Mazzonis suggests that previous groups of semi-religious women--the beguines, the bizzoche or pinzochere, and (until the 1560s) the tertiaries--lie somewhere in the background of Merici's institute, but he does not specify how or where. Spirituality, Gender, and the Self in Renaissance Italy: Angela ... by Schutte, Anne Jacobson / Renaissance Quarterly The Beguinages built during the period between the 13th and 16th century are the collection of small buiding used by Beguines. Leuven Tourist Information by Meredith Booney / Travel, recreation and leisure community	beggarweed Beggiatoa Beggiatoaceae Beggiatoales beggin begging Beghards Begichev Islands Begichev, Nikifor Begichev, Nikifor Alekseevich Begichevskii Begimaly Dzhamgerchinov Begimaly Dzhamgerchinovich Dzhamgerchinov BEGIN Begin, Menachem beginning-of-information marker BEGL Begliarov, Sergei Begliarov, Sergei Nikitovich Begma, Vasilii Begma, Vasilii Andreevich Begonia Begoniaceae Begovat beguine Beguines Béguines Behaim, Martin Beham Behan Behan, Brendan Behanzin Béhanzin Behar Behavior behavior blocking behavior disorder Behavior Genetics behavior group therapy behavior therapy behavioral dynamics behavioral ecology behavioral isolation behavioral psychophysics behavioral targeting behavioral toxicology Behaviorism behaviour behaviour genetics behaviour therapy behavioural science	beguile with beguiled beguiled beguiled beguilement beguilement beguilement beguilements beguilements beguiler beguiler beguiler beguilers beguilers beguiles beguiles beguiles beguiling beguiling beguiling beguilingly beguilingly beguilingly Beguin Béguin Création Entretien Beguinage Béguinage beguine beguine Béguine Beguines Béguines Beguines and Beghards Beguines and Beghards begum begum Begüm Begüm begums begums begun begun begun begun begun at begun at begun at begun but not completed begun on begun on begun on begun upon begun upon begun upon Begware Begware BEH BEHA BEHAF Behaim Behaim, Martin

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There [are] many parallels between the Beguines then and women now--women building safety nets to assist each other, living lives that made sense with less economic burden on the individual, a common spiritual approach to everyday life, and the need for meaningful, purposeful work," says Morgana Morgaine, a nurse in Asheville, North Carolina, who has studied the Beguines for the past twenty-five years and, with five other women, plans to create a Beguine-inspired community.

Simple lives: a new beginning for the Beguines? by Raber, Jean Hughes / Commonweal

Mazzonis suggests that previous groups of semi-religious women--the beguines, the bizzoche or pinzochere, and (until the 1560s) the tertiaries--lie somewhere in the background of Merici's institute, but he does not specify how or where.

Spirituality, Gender, and the Self in Renaissance Italy: Angela ... by Schutte, Anne Jacobson / Renaissance Quarterly

The Beguinages built during the period between the 13th and 16th century are the collection of small buiding used by Beguines.

Leuven Tourist Information by Meredith Booney / Travel, recreation and leisure community