Life, Learning, and Wisdom: The Forms and Functions of Beguine Education. Galloway, P. In Medieval Monastic Education, pages 153–167. Leicester University Press, London, 2000.
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The author briefly considers the kinds of education offered to young students in beguinages in Douai and Lille; she goes on to consider the many different responsibilities that beguines had to undertake in the urban economy, from accountants to landlords and nurses to traders in cloth; the variety of jobs and extent of beguine economic success argue for a very good system of training and education for the beguines themselves
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	title = {Life, {Learning}, and {Wisdom}: {The} {Forms} and {Functions} of {Beguine} {Education}},
	abstract = {The author briefly considers the kinds of education offered to young students in beguinages in Douai and Lille; she goes on to consider the many different responsibilities that beguines had to undertake in the urban economy, from accountants to landlords and nurses to traders in cloth; the variety of jobs and extent of beguine economic success argue for a very good system of training and education for the beguines themselves},
	booktitle = {Medieval {Monastic} {Education}},
	publisher = {Leicester University Press},
	author = {Galloway, Penelope},
	year = {2000},
	pages = {153--167}
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