1 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Regardez-moi un 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,640 peu cette vue. 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,000 Trente mètres, 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:08,800 aussi haut que 5 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:09,400 l'église du 6 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,280 béguinage. 7 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:11,800 Hasselt 8 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:12,360 est vraiment 9 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:12,720 devenue 10 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,520 une grande ville. 11 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:15,160 Je la reconnais 12 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:16,520 à peine. 13 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:17,400 Mais oui, 14 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,080 tout change. 15 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:19,920 Il n'en a jamais 16 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,480 été autrement. 17 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:22,200 Car l'endroit 18 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:22,440 où nous 19 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:23,240 nous trouvons 20 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:23,640 est déjà 21 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:24,440 le troisième 22 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:24,960 béguinage 23 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,760 de Hasselt. 24 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:27,840 Le premier 25 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:28,920 a été construit 26 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:29,680 il y a environ 27 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:31,000 huit cent ans. 28 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:31,560 À l'époque 29 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:32,040 en-dehors 30 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:32,440 des murs de 31 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:33,600 la ville. 32 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:34,760 Il a été détruit 33 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:35,040 lors de 34 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:35,520 la furie 35 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,440 iconoclaste. 36 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,040 En 1567, 37 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:40,200 le protestant 38 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:41,360 ‘Kwaad Poulsken’ 39 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:41,920 met le feu 40 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:42,560 au béguinage 41 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:42,840 à l'aide 42 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,040 d'une torche. 43 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,080 Incompréhensible. 44 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:48,280 Mais renoncer ? 45 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,120 Jamais ! 46 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:50,560 Nous avons 47 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:51,080 construit 48 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:51,560 un nouveau 49 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:52,360 béguinage, 50 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:52,920 désormais 51 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:53,960 plus à l'abri, 52 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:54,800 dans l'enceinte 53 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,320 de la ville. 54 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:57,000 Au bout d'une 55 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,080 centaine d'années, 56 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:58,680 il est devenu 57 00:00:58,680 --> 00:00:59,400 trop petit. 58 00:00:59,400 --> 00:00:59,680 Et c'est 59 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:00,480 ainsi que nous nous 60 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:01,200 sommes retrouvés 61 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:02,680 ici en 1707. 62 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:05,000 C'était pour moi la 63 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,800 plus belle période. 64 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:07,480 Nous avions de 65 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:08,160 belles maisons 66 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:09,040 en pierre 67 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:09,440 et notre 68 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:10,320 belle église 69 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:10,920 se dressait 70 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:11,760 au milieu. 71 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:12,240 Au centre 72 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,720 de la ville. 73 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:13,840 Nous 74 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:14,640 nous sentions bien 75 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,520 en sécurité. 76 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:17,280 Mais la Révolution 77 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,560 française a éclaté. 78 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:20,160 Ils sont devenus 79 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:21,120 maîtres ici 80 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:21,760 et ont interdit 81 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:22,440 tous les ordres 82 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:23,440 spirituels, 83 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:24,120 y compris 84 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:25,360 notre béguinage. 85 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:25,920 Ils nous ont 86 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:26,360 spoliés 87 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,080 de nos biens 88 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:27,720 et ont vendu 89 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:29,520 le béguinage. 90 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,600 Horrible. 91 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:32,760 Mais heureusement, 92 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:33,520 les acquéreurs 93 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:34,320 l'ont immédiatement 94 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:34,800 revendu 95 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:35,200 à quelques 96 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,640 béguines. 97 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:37,480 Le béguinage a 98 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,880 donc survécu. 99 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:40,360 Mais il n'est 100 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:41,080 jamais redevenu 101 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:42,120 comme avant. 102 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,120 Rosa Margaretha 103 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:44,160 Vandenhoudt, 104 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:45,080 la dernière béguine 105 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:45,760 de Hasselt, 106 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:46,640 est décédée 107 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,640 en 1886. 108 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:50,600 Et pourtant, 109 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:50,880 nous sommes 110 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:51,400 encore là 111 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,040 aujourd'hui. 112 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:53,560 D'une manière 113 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:54,800 ou d'une autre, 114 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:55,680 notre béguinage 115 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:56,400 parvient toujours 116 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,040 à rebondir. 117 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:58,880 Et heureusement.