Flanders: A Cultural HistoryOxford University Press, 11. juni 2007 - 256 sider André de Vries explores the varied landmarks of Flanders, both rural and urban, to reveal this region's unique character. Considering great cities such as Ghent, Antwerp, and Bruges, he traces the development of a civic culture based on both trade and ideas, in which religion and language play a vital part. Looking too at the Flemish countryside, he explains the role of festivals and folk culture, gluttony and pleasure, in the survival of a strongly local identity. |
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... King of France . Others think it took its Name from Flandrina , the wife of Liderick , second Forester of Flanders ... Others take it from the Nature of the Soil , which is wet and marshy , and because it is round and appears as a Tart ...
... King of France . Others think it took its Name from Flandrina , the wife of Liderick , second Forester of Flanders ... Others take it from the Nature of the Soil , which is wet and marshy , and because it is round and appears as a Tart ...
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... kings called rix , who had little power until there was a crisis , and so were easy meat for Caesar when he arrived in 58 BC . One chieftain , Ambiorix , did rebel and massacred 6,000 Roman legionaries by luring them into a trap . His ...
... kings called rix , who had little power until there was a crisis , and so were easy meat for Caesar when he arrived in 58 BC . One chieftain , Ambiorix , did rebel and massacred 6,000 Roman legionaries by luring them into a trap . His ...
Side 4
... King Philip Augustus put an end to Flemish expansionism with his victory over a combined force of Flemings , Brabanters , Germans and English at the Battle of Bouvines , and so began a tradition of foreign powers fighting battles on ...
... King Philip Augustus put an end to Flemish expansionism with his victory over a combined force of Flemings , Brabanters , Germans and English at the Battle of Bouvines , and so began a tradition of foreign powers fighting battles on ...
Side 5
... King Albert I called on the Flemish to remember their glorious victory at the Battle of the Golden Spurs , while the French - speaking Belgians were asked to recall an incident from the history of Liege . There is no little irony in ...
... King Albert I called on the Flemish to remember their glorious victory at the Battle of the Golden Spurs , while the French - speaking Belgians were asked to recall an incident from the history of Liege . There is no little irony in ...
Side 6
... King of France but for a while had to agree to an alliance with England . By playing off the English and the French against each other he successfully maintained Flanders ' neutrality . Most of his reign was marked by economic ...
... King of France but for a while had to agree to an alliance with England . By playing off the English and the French against each other he successfully maintained Flanders ' neutrality . Most of his reign was marked by economic ...
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Religion and Folklore | 31 |
Food Drink and Popular Culture | 45 |
Ghent and the Gate to Hell | 65 |
East Flanders and the Scheldt | 99 |
Bruges Petrified Dreams | 119 |
Ypres and the First World War | 151 |
The Coast and West Flanders | 171 |
Brussels Leuven and Mechelen | 225 |
The Kempen and Limburg | 243 |
New Landscapes and Dutch Flanders | 255 |
French Flanders | 265 |
Further Reading | 279 |
Index of Literary Historical Names | 289 |
Index of Places | 294 |
Antwerp City of Rubens | 193 |
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