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Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady

Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady

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The Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady (Illustre Lieve Vrouwe Broederschap) was a religious confraternity founded in 1318 in 's-Hertogenbosch to promote the veneration of the Mother of God. The brotherhood was organized around a carved wooden image of the Virgin Mary in St John’s Cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch.[1][2] The Brotherhood had two types of members: ordinary members and sworn members, also called 'swan-brethren' because they used to donate a swan for the yearly banquet. Sworn members were clerics in principle; in fact they were often chosen among the nobility, the magistrates, etc. As a result, the Brotherhood also functioned as an important social network.

Well-known members

References

  1. [1]
    "Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady" (PDF). Universiteit Utrecht. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
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    G.C.M. van Dijck, De Bossche Optimaten. Geschiedenis van de Illustre Lieve Vrouwenbroederschap te ’s-Hertogenbosch (Tilburg: Stichting Zuidelijk Historisch Contact, 1973)
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    "Blood & Roses". Time magazine. September 15, 1947. Archived from the original on February 3, 2011. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
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    P. Gerlach, ‘Jheronimus van Aken alias Bosch en de Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-Broederschap’, in: Jheronimus Bosch: Bijdragen bij gelegenheid van de herdenkingstentoonstelling in 's-Hertogenbosch 1967 ('s-Hertogenbosch 1967), pp. 48–60; G.C.M. van Dijck, Op zoek naar Jheronimus van Aken alias Bosch (Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek, 2001).

Further reading

  • Correspondence of Descartes: 1643; Appendix 2, pp. 193–94.
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