#22 - When a Miracle Turned Amsterdam into a Holy Town
Before Amsterdam made an international name for itself as a port and trading town, it became known as a place of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. Thanks to a Eucharistic miracle.
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6 Results#23 – Geert Groote and the Modern Devotion’s Fight Against the Excesses of the Church
In the late Middle Ages, innovative ideas entered the Roman Catholic Church thanks to a Dutch priest and his Modern Devotion movement, who rejected the materialism and excesses of the clergy.
Pope Adrian VI, the ‘Barbarian From the North’ Who Wanted to Reform the Vatican
Five hundred years ago, the Netherlands' first and only pope in history was appointed.
Religious Heritage With an Injection of Contemporary Art at Museum Krona
In an abbey where nuns still live, Museum Krona combines centuries-old crucifixes and monstrances with contemporary paintings and photographs.
Sinners and Saints: Faith and Religion in the Low Countries
In this podcast, you will discover why the story of religion in the Low Countries is much more layered than claiming that the Netherlands is a Calvinist society and Belgium a Catholic one.
Yair Callender Brings the Everyday Into Ceremonial Art
The installations and sculptures of this Surinamese-Dutch artist are as philosophical as they are practical.
