Broeders en Zusters van het Gemene Leven

Brothers and sisters of Common Life, religious men and women, living in non-monastic communities, following the ideas of the Devotio Moderna. The first of these houses was founded in 1374 by Geert Grote, who donated a house to a group of religious women, who were neither nuns nor beguines.

In course of time this could develop into a more monastic life, that resulted in the Augustinian canons of the Kapittel van Windesheim.

Women's houses

	Deventer, Meester Geertshuis, founded by Geert Grote, 1374
	Utrecht, Nicolaasklooster
	Zutphen, IJsendoorn

Men's houses

	Deventer, Heer Florenshuis or Rijke Fraterhuis
	Doesburg, Marienberg
	Emmerich, Gregoriushaus
	Gent, Hieronymushuis
	Harderwijk, Gregoriushuis
	's Hertogenbosch, Gregoriushuis
	Hulsbergen (near Hattem), Hieronymushuis
	Utrecht, Hieronymushuis
	Zwolle, Gregoriushuis

Unidentified manuscripts

Ms NL-Na 19 may be an antiphoner from brethren in Arnhem or surroundings.

Literature

	Weiler: Volgens de norm van de vroege kerk
	Moderne Devotie: Figuren en facetten
	Th. Kock: Die Buchkultur der Devotio Moderna. Handschriftenproduktion, Literaturversorgung und Bibliotheksaufbau im Zeitalter des Medienwechsels. Tradition - Reform - Innovation; Studien zur Modernität des Mittelalters 2 (Frankfurt a/M 1999)