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
... known as the Benelux , a term coined in 1948 when the three countries entered into a customs union . The expression the Low Countries lives on as a catch - all word for Belgium and the Netherlands and their common cultural heritage ...
... known as the Benelux , a term coined in 1948 when the three countries entered into a customs union . The expression the Low Countries lives on as a catch - all word for Belgium and the Netherlands and their common cultural heritage ...
Side xv
... known as the First Dunkirk Transgression came to an end in the first century AD . The coastal plain was at the time mostly made up of peat , protected by a cordon of dunes . The Second Dunkirk Transgression took place in the third and ...
... known as the First Dunkirk Transgression came to an end in the first century AD . The coastal plain was at the time mostly made up of peat , protected by a cordon of dunes . The Second Dunkirk Transgression took place in the third and ...
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... known modern Flemish artists such as Wim Delvoye and Jan Fabre . Local Identity Town planning in Belgium hardly existed before 1980. Streets tend to be a surprising mix of incongruous architectural styles , with no one taking much ...
... known modern Flemish artists such as Wim Delvoye and Jan Fabre . Local Identity Town planning in Belgium hardly existed before 1980. Streets tend to be a surprising mix of incongruous architectural styles , with no one taking much ...
Side 5
... known as the blauwe nagels ( blue fingernails ) from the blue dye that stained their hands . The Flemish waited on a piece of dry land surrounded by marshes and rivers , having driven sharp stakes into the marshes to trap the heavy ...
... known as the blauwe nagels ( blue fingernails ) from the blue dye that stained their hands . The Flemish waited on a piece of dry land surrounded by marshes and rivers , having driven sharp stakes into the marshes to trap the heavy ...
Side 6
... 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 daughter , Marguerite . The ...
... 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 daughter , Marguerite . The ...
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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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