fifty percent of female convents in the Holy Roman Empire survived the Reformation, for instance, no female convents survived the dissolution in England. By Henry VIIIâs death in 1547, the people of England had mostly become Protestant. His son, Edward VI, continued Henryâs religious policy, but he died in 1553.
Sittard is a city in the region South Limburg, in the Dutch province of Limburg. Sittard is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg, which is the southernmost province of the Netherlands. On the east Sittard borders on Germany (municipality Selfkant, in North Rhine-Westphalia).
Vrede is a town in the Free State province of South Africa that is the agricultural hub of a 100 kmÂ² region. Maize, wheat, mutton, wool, beef, dairy products and poultry are farmed in the region. The town lies 60 km south of Standerton and 216 km south-east of Johannesburg. It was founded on the Krynauwslust farm in 1863 and proclaimed a town in June 1879. The name is Afrikaans for âpeaceâ, which refers to the settlement of a dispute over the proposed site of the town.