Hadewijch, sometimes referred to as Hadewych or Hadewig of Brabant or of Antwerp, was a thirteenth century poet and mystic who probably lived in the Duchy of Brabant. Most of her surviving writings are in a Brabantian form of Middle Dutch and include visions, prose letters and poetry. She was one of the most important direct influences on the later mystic John of Ruysbroeck.
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Hadewijch was a beguine mystic who had lived during the thirteenth century in the Low Countries, specifically in the city of Antwerp which was in the region of Brabant at the time.
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Most of her extant writings are in a Brabantian form of Middle Dutch and she probably lived in the Duchy of Brabant.
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Hadewijch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦaːdəʋɪx]), (1200-1260) sometimes referred to as Hadewych or Hadewig (of Brabant or of Antwerp), was a 13th-century poet and mystic.
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