The Catharijneconvent National Museum is concerned with the history of Christianity in the Netherlands. It houses the largest collection of medieval art treasures, with sections devoted to church interiors, religious beliefs, the worship of the saints and medieval monasteries.
Some attractions within Catherijneconvent Museum Upper Floor Map:
  • (1) Old Catholic Museum
  • (2) Exhibition room
  • (3) 17th century Catholic and Protestant art
  • (4) Catholicism after the Reformation
  • (5) Conflicts within the Calvinist church
  • (6) Consequences of the Reformation
  • (1) Church buildings and interiors
  • (2) Religious ideas in the Middle Ages
  • (3) Medieval monasteries
  • (4) Worship of the saints
  • (5) The cultural climate of the early 16th century
  • (6) Origins of the Reformation
  • (7) Humanism and art
  • (8) Reaction of the Catholic church
  • (1) Christianization of the Netherlands
  • (2) Church and state in the Middle Ages
  • (3) The Christian calendar; vestments
  • (4) Medieval piety; death
  • (5) The Sacraments
  • (6) Books of Hours , devotional literature
  • (7) The sacrifice of the Mass
  • (8) The Bible



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