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).
Locality: Limburg (Netherlands) The town of Sittard is in the south east corner of the Netherlands close to the German border, and approx 25kms north east of Maastricht. From the A2 motorway Eindhoven to Maastricht take exit 48 (afrit 48) URMOND / GELEEN / STEIN. Follow the direction N294 SITTARD for approx 4kms.