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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture From: Frans van Liere <[log in to unmask]> > So, to summarize what John copied, a cathedral is always a "hoofdkerk", but a "hoofdkerk" is not always a cathedral. seems like it is the "main [haupt] church" in the town. in some towns that would be the cathedral, in others it wouldn't. ? > dom he? probably. c > > > > Frans van Liere > Department of History, Calvin College > 1845 Knollcrest Circle SE > Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > http://www.calvin.edu/academic/history/faculty/vanlieref/ > > >>> [log in to unmask] 06/07/06 5:16 AM >>> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Marjorie Greene wrote: > > > > I suspect your suspicions are well founded. See: > > http://www.saveursdumonde.net/ency-voy/belgique/louvain.htm > > Several websites referred to it as a collegiate church, one (not so > > "scholarly") called it a cathedral, but we've all encountered folks > > who think "cathedral" = "big impressive church." > > But "big impressive church" is the perhaps best translation of "hoofdkerk". > > wat is een kathedraal? > > Het woord kathedraal stamt af van het Latijnse woord cathedralis, en wordt > gebruikt om de hoofdkerk van een bisdom aan te duiden; dit is de kerk waar > de bisschopszetel (in het Latijn cathedra) staat. In sommige talen is het > woord 'dom' (in het Latijn domus) synoniem voor kathedraal; het betekent > altijd 'bisschoppelijke hoofdkerk'. > > http://www.kathedraal.nl/ > > John Briggs > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html