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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Side xiii
... river deltas of the Scheldt , Maas and Rhine between Dunkirk and Schleswig - Holstein in northern Germany . At one time the designation was taken to include the states of Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg , but these are now more ...
... river deltas of the Scheldt , Maas and Rhine between Dunkirk and Schleswig - Holstein in northern Germany . At one time the designation was taken to include the states of Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg , but these are now more ...
Side xv
... rivers , the Scheldt and the Leie , which in turn carved out deep valleys . These were filled by shifting sand and particles of loam blown by the north wind , but as sand is heavier than loam and travels a shorter distance , most of the ...
... rivers , the Scheldt and the Leie , which in turn carved out deep valleys . These were filled by shifting sand and particles of loam blown by the north wind , but as sand is heavier than loam and travels a shorter distance , most of the ...
Side xxii
... River Scheldt . Stranger still , the capital of Flanders is now Brussels . The historical capital , Ghent , was not considered large enough to house the new Flem- ish Regional government , but more pressing was the need to acquire a ...
... River Scheldt . Stranger still , the capital of Flanders is now Brussels . The historical capital , Ghent , was not considered large enough to house the new Flem- ish Regional government , but more pressing was the need to acquire a ...
Side 5
... rivers , having driven sharp stakes into the marshes to trap the heavy French cavalry . The French had a particularly inept leader who ordered his cavalry to charge into the marshes ; the result was a one - sided massacre of the French ...
... rivers , having driven sharp stakes into the marshes to trap the heavy French cavalry . The French had a particularly inept leader who ordered his cavalry to charge into the marshes ; the result was a one - sided massacre of the French ...
Side 6
... River Leie . A Ghent army known as the Witte Kaproenen ( White Hoods ) put a stop to the digging of the canal in 1379. The French king was urged to intervene by the Duke of Burgundy , Philip the Bold , who had married Louis of Male's ...
... River Leie . A Ghent army known as the Witte Kaproenen ( White Hoods ) put a stop to the digging of the canal in 1379. The French king was urged to intervene by the Duke of Burgundy , Philip the Bold , who had married Louis of Male's ...
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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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