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Ad modum Cartusiensium. Carthusian Inspiration for the Enclosed Saint-Agnes Convent at Maaseik.

After the enclosure of the Saint-Agnes convent at Maaseik in 1430, the regular canonesses had to learn how to live within the claustrum. They received support from at least two Carthusian monks: James of Gruitrode, prior of the charterhouse in Liège, and Denys the Carthusian from the charterhouse of...

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Published in:Church History & Religious Culture Vol. 96; no. 1/2; pp. 65 - 80
Main Author: Aelst, José van
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2016
Subjects:
Convents
Canonesses Regular of Notre Dame
Carthusians
Jacobus, de Gruytrode, fl. 1440-1475
Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471
Pre-Reformation
Medieval monastic life
Belgian history, to 1555
Belgium
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