Sisters of the Common Life

…Deventer the first house of Sisters of the Common Life. They were devoted to education, the copying of books, and weaving.

…these were the Brethren and Sisters of the Common Life, who later organized themselves into the Windesheim monasteries and convents, which followed Augustinian rules. Their communities were extremely important for both education and religion; they were industrious copyists and brought a simple piety to the lower classes. Their work, like…