The Wisdom of the Beguines: The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women's Movement Psalms features a 4-inch base

features a 4-inch base

and 2 inches in depth

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the twelve apostles

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The Wisdom of the Beguines: The Forgotten Story of a Medieval Women's Movement Psalms features a 4-inch baseThe beguines began to form in various parts of Europe over eight hundred years ago. Beguines were laywomen, not nuns, and they did not live in monasteries. They practiced a remarkable way of living independently, and they were never a religious order or a formalized movement. But there were common elements that these medieval women shared across Europe, including their visionary spirituality, their unusual business acumen, and their courageous