Begijnenhof, Brugge, Belgium
Begijnenhof, Brugge, BelgiumCategory: Open Edition Prints
Artist: Mike Jennings
Subject: Low Countries tour
Year of Work: 2005
Beginhofs were once all over Belgium. They were self contained gated villages that housed women of independant means who devoted themselves to God but controled their own life rather than hand control over to the church, in effect lay nuns.