Vincent Nijenhuis e.a., Vrouwen en vroomheid. De boetvaardige zusters van het Sint-Ursula klooster in Purmerend (1392-1572)

Abstract

At the end of the fourteenth century a small group of laywomen in Purmerend, a small town north of Amsterdam, chose to live a religious life in piety and penitence. After a couple of years, the small group grew into a larger community known as the monastery of St Ursula. Although historical research on this community already started at the beginning of the twentieth century-when J.J. Graaf published part of the community's archive-the subject was hardly picked up by historians during the following decennia. Consequently, the history of the community remained largely in the dark. However, excavations in 2009 at the Koemarkt in Purmerend revealed remains of St Ursula's monastery, and this stimulated further research on this 'forgotten' monastery, of which Vrouwen en vroomheid. De boetvaardige zusters van het Sint-Ursula klooster in Purmerend (1392-1572) is an important result.